Reshoring Or Offshoring: US Manufacturing Forecast 2015-2016 – Forbes

September 2, 2014

Manufacturing is a tough, competitive business. Shipping across oceans has become cheap, as has international communication, so offshoring, reshoring or never changing are vital decisions. The outlook for manufacturing activity in the United States depends on many factors, including the overall state of the economy. In this article, though, I focus on the offshoring/reshoring issue: […]

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Reshoring Or Offshoring: U.S. Manufacturing Forecast 2015-2016

September 2, 2014
Manufacturing is a tough, competitive business. Shipping across oceans has become cheap, as has international communication, so offshoring, reshoring or never changing are vital decisions. The outlook for manufacturing activity in the United States depends …
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Reshoring Or Offshoring: U.S. Manufacturing Forecast 2015-2016 – Forbes

September 1, 2014
Reshoring Or Offshoring: U.S. Manufacturing Forecast 2015-2016  Forbes

Manufacturing is a tough, competitive business. The brightest prospects for factories here in the United States involve those that use a lot of natural gas, not …

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Delta warns it may move out over taxation – The Nation

August 31, 2014

Executive director Anusorn Muttaraid told The Nation last week that the Bt77-billion power supply and electronic components company, whose earnings come mostly from abroad, should not be subjected to Thai corporate income tax. The company has raised this issue with many governments in the past and the current one. Its message is […]

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The reshoring initiative – Cookeville Herald Citizen

August 31, 2014

There’s something that has caught my attention with regards to the global economy — China and Mexico are losing jobs that had been shipped to those countries by companies currently headquartered in America. It’s called ‘reshoring’ and it’s becoming something more and more common with each economic development announcement that has been made […]

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Reshoring Initiative launches trade data-driven economic development solution – Today’s Energy Solutions

August 28, 2014

Chicago, Illinois – The Reshoring Initiative, an organization dedicated to bringing manufacturing jobs back to the United States, has launched an economic development solution that can be used by regional, state and local agencies to identify opportunities to attract production facilities and promote sourcing from existing businesses in their areas. The solution offers […]

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4 Outsourcing Mistakes Companies Still Make – InformationWeek

August 26, 2014

Control freaks, blame games, and other misguided attempts at building a better business through IT outsourcing. There’s still no script for the Great American IT outsourcing project. But today’s most common outsourcing pitfalls have less to do with technology and everything to do with relationships and communication. Or lack thereof. “Both companies have to […]

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Kansas reshoring conference to help businesses bring work back from overseas – Kansas.com

August 20, 2014

A Kansas Edge Reshoring Conference will be held next month to discuss resources to help manufacturers bring work back to the U.S. The Kansas Department of Commerce is hosting the conference, which highlights how Kansas is well positioned to capture opportunities to bring jobs back to the U.S., according to a news release from the […]

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TheCityWire.com : "Onshoring" proves a boon to small Prairie Grove company – Magnoliareporter

August 19, 2014

TheCityWire.com Raw material Jim Benton, co-owner of PolyTech Plastics, holds a handful of plastic resin pellets, the raw material in all of the products made by the Prairie Grove plant. Posted: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 10:30 am TheCityWire.com : “Onshoring” proves a boon to small Prairie Grove company Kim Souza, TheCityWire.com magnoliareporter.com | 0 comments Jim […]

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Britain is now the ‘lowest-cost manufacturing economy of Western Europe’ – Telegraph.co.uk

August 19, 2014

“Perceptions are changing in the global industries,” said Sukand Ramachandran, a partner at the Boston Consulting Group in London. “There is a growing realisation that, all other things being equal, it may be more effective to manufacture your goods close to your customers. That trend has been apparent in the US for about a year […]

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