WASHINGTON — Donald Trump vows to bring back the millions of American jobs lost to China and other foreign competitors if voters put him in the White House. Economists say he wouldn’t stand a chance: Trump’s boundless self-confidence is no match for the global economic forces that took those jobs away. Since the beginning of […]
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Donald Trump announces that he seek the Republican nomination for president(Photo: Richard Drew, AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump vows to bring back the millions of American jobs lost to China and other foreign competitors if voters put him in the White House. Economists say he wouldn’t stand a chance: Trump’s boundless self-confidence is no […]
Norton Motorcycles has been awarded £4 million from the government’s Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative, which is intended to secure the long term future of UK motorcycle manufacturing within Norton and its supply chain partners, re-shoring skills lost to UK manufacturing and helping them meet increasing global demand. The funding goes towards a £7.5 million […]
WHITEWATER — In 2001, Generac Power Systems joined the wave of American companies shifting production to China. The move wiped out 400 jobs in southeast Wisconsin, but few could argue with management’s logic: Chinese companies were offering to make a key component for $100 per unit less than the cost of producing it in the […]
WAL-MART STORES Retailer started initiative in 2013 BENTONVILLE, Ark. — The group cheer at Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s third annual U.S. manufacturing summit — convened to find more American-made products — was greeted with a voice from another era. “Almost […]
While at the Manufacturing 4.0 conference 2015, Jonny Williamson sat down with Rockwell Automation’s vice president of market development, John Nesi, to discuss the company’s vision of the Connected Enterprise. Rockwell Automation seems pretty certain that the ‘Connected Enterprise’ is where the industrial landscape is heading. What has given you that confidence? […]
For almost three quarters of the respondents who do source components to foreign manufacturers, those components make up no more than 20 percent of the respondents’ product total costs. This indicates that the bulk of the product costs are still domestic-based costs, most likely generated by more value-added manufacturing activities. The report, […]
Commentary July 28th, 2015 BDO Report Reveals Concerns Over Labor Shortages, Strong Dollar, Supply Chain Issues U.S. manufacturing is experiencing a growth revival, but concern around labor shortages is escalating. In fact, 98 percent of manufacturers this year noted labor issues, including disputes, recruitment challenges […]
Four years after moving manufacturing to India in 2008, Cambridge robotics maker Energid Technologies Corp. brought production and a handful of jobs back to Massachusetts, squeezed by rising tariffs on parts imported to its Bangalore factory and frustrated by the unpredictable Indian bureaucracy and difficulties shipping its industrial robots to US markets. Today, with robotics […]
Businesses are under huge pressure to keep costs down – but instead of outsourcing overseas, why not look in your own backyard to the rural areas of Australia? Outsourcing parts of your business overseas can be attractive as it is a simple and cost-effective option, but it takes jobs and opportunities away from fellow Australians. […]
