As Reshoring Trend Gains Momentum, Buyers Turn to Online Sourcing … – PR Web (press release)

November 14, 2013

Sparking connections between U.S. Buyers and U.S. Suppliers of custom manufactured parts. ‘With the explosion in e-sourcing activity, Suppliers now need a powerful presence in an online sourcing application that puts them in front of pre-qualified buyers at the moment they’re in need of their services.’ […]

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Top Returns at Midsize Endowments Challenge the Yale Model – Institutional Investor (subscription)

November 14, 2013

Related Articles Massachusetts Remedy for Its Sickly Hedge Fund Portfolio April 12, 2011 Yale Professors Set Up Investment Firm December 04, 2009 When Walter Burke took over as chairman of Denison University’s investment committee in January 2009, the financial markets were in free fall. Even before his first board meeting, […]

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New funding package gives manufacturers a helping hand – Morpeth Herald

November 13, 2013

MANUFACTURING firms in Northumberland have the opportunity to receive a funding boost through a new regional package. The Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) has secured £539,000 of additional support from the North East European Regional Development Fund Programme and will be using the additional money to assist a further 122 manufacturers. For the first time, MAS […]

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America Is Stronger Than It Looks – IFA Magazine

November 12, 2013

Helicopter Ben Bernanke’s Contradictory Statements Hold No Terrors for Old Mutual’s Ian Heslop   Will he, won’t he? And if not now, when? The last month’s policy swerves on QE tapering from Fed chairman Ben Bernanke have been sending the US investment markets in every direction but forward, it seems. And as we headed into […]

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Domestic Minerals Production Could Boost Manufacturing – Manufacturing Business Technology (blog)

November 12, 2013

After decades of outsourcing, the resurgence in domestic manufacturing is now America’s favorite comeback story. Factors that once drove companies overseas — including labor and energy costs — are no longer considered insurmountable obstacles, as companies from Apple to GE to Ford bring production back to our shores. A recent Boston Consulting Group survey of […]

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Reducing Current Product Costs — Challenges And Opportunities – Manufacturing.net

November 11, 2013

Different manufacturing businesses face different business challenges depending on product sets, competitive dynamics, supply chains and customer trends in a given market. But when it comes to reducing the costs of existing products, they share some very similar challenges. For example:  Complex global manufacturing and sourcing strategies make it difficult for design and cost engineering […]

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"Reshoring" gaining momentum among U.S. manufacturers – Lexology (registration)

November 11, 2013

U.S. manufacturers have moved millions of jobs overseas in search of cheaper labor, less expensive production processes, and a stronger bottom line. In recent months, however, American companies have started to bring some of these jobs back to the United States. This phenomenon, called “reshoring,” is occurring due to higher costs of manufacturing in […]

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Siemens UK launch first junior factory for apprentices – Process & Control Today

November 11, 2013

Siemens is opening the first Junior Factory for apprentices at its award winning facility in Congleton, launching during the Government’s flagship ‘Tomorrows Engineers Week’. The facility was opened by UK and Ireland Chief Executive Roland Aurich on the 7th of November and will act as a ‘small factory within a factory’ run […]

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Offshore centres optimistic about AIFMD outcome – Financial News

November 11, 2013

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How Are Machine Tools Driving Reshoring?

November 10, 2013
Harry Moser, founder of the not-for-profit Reshoring Initiative, cited Baxter as a leading example of innovative technology that’s allowing domestic companies to go back to domestic production. You Mi…
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