Ahilia Inc., a global services, outsourcing and technology marketing consultancy, announced that Everest Group, a leading advisory and research firm in the global services space, is the Research Partner of RevAmerica 2015, the only national conference dedicated to U.S. domestic sourcing (onshoring) of IT and BPO services. “We are excited to […]

My colleague Jonathan Webb, who, as head of strategy research at Procurement Leaders, has his finger on the pulse of the function, recently blogged about the supposed trend of re-shoring.   Despite the hype, there is no such trend, he writes. In fact, the trend may be in the other direction, his research […]

Companies were encouraged to reshore by bringing their manufacturing back into the United States for the various benefits it offers Friday at One Norwegian Plaza. “What we’re trying to do is educate manufacturers … There’s a lot of things happening offshore, especially in China. Wages are going up, the costs are expensive, […]

The Communities and local Government Secretary Eric Pickles recently turned down the proposed ‘Coventry Gateway’ scheme. The proposed development – which could have created thousands of jobs, had been approved by both Coventry City Council and Warwick District Council, and was backed by the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership. Pickles had “called in” the […]