Nov. 13 — “Introduction to Facebook” will be offered by the Small Business Development Center at Butte College.Details: 9 to 10 a.m. at 202 Mira Loma, Oroville (behind Butte Community Employment Center). Cost: $20 in advance, $30 at the door. Reservations: 895-9017.Basic elements for small businesses, including how customers use Facebook, profiles, posting pictures, interaction […]
Reshoring Events
Ohio workshop to explore reshoring U.S. Manufacturing jobs. Companies have reshored about 50,000 manufacturing jobs, which is 10% of the total U.S. manufacturing jobs added since the low of Jan. 2010. Universal use of the Reshoring Initiative’s Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Estimator software would bring back about 25% of what has been offshored. Dayton Region […]
Community members can get the nuts and bolts on manufacturing careers – from information on paid internships and advanced training opportunities to details on manufacturing credentials and anticipated pay and benefits in the various career options – at a Manufacturing Day event hosted by Harper College. The free event, running from 11 a.m. to 3 […]
ATLANTA – On Oct. 4, from 2 to 3 pm, veteran electronics supply chain analyst Charlie Barnhart returns to discuss trends in the OEM-EMS relationship, onshoring/nearshoring, and the latest Outsourcing Navigator Council reports. CBA’s just-published report, Beyond Outsourcing: The Future of Electronics Manufacturing, indicates that the EMS industry is poised for some seismic shifts, in […]
Enticing manufacturing — and jobs — back from overseas to United States’ shores is a passion for Harry C. Moser, founder of Reshoring Initiative. Relocating manufacturing plants to places like China and Mexico where wages are lower has been a severe problem for decades, he said. “I kept saying somebody should be doing something about […]
U.S. Bank – a division of U.S. Bancorp ( USB ) – announced that it has invested $75,000 in Innovate North State – a regional organization – for 3 years to develop the manufacturing sector in Northern California. This venture made U.S. Bank the Founders’ Circle Investor in the organization. U.S. Bank will be the […]
Projects are underway to move from Phase 1 (broad communication and dissemination of the concept and tools) to Phase 2 (regionally focused reshoring Initiatives that result in a measured # of jobs actually brought back). IL and OH are currently the most advanced in Phase 2. There is also interest in CT, MD, SC, AZ […]
MEDIA ADVISORY Harry Moser will be available at IMTS 2010 for interviews re the recent progress of the Reshoring Initiative. ————– WHO: Reshoring Initiative WHAT: Reshoring Initiative to Return Manufacturing Jobs to the United States WHEN: IMTS Sept 13 to 18, 2010 WHERE: Reshoring Initiative: Agie Charmilles Booth S-8754 NTMA/PMA Contract Manufacturing Purchasing Fairs: Booth […]
