Entrepreneur Dave Spensley has launched Go Ahead Training with the aim of ensuring companies within the manufacturing industry have a deep talent pool to access. The region’s industrial sectors are undergoing a major revival as the drive to’re-shore’ continues, however there is a lack of talented young people with the skills and attitudes required […]
Reshoring News
With the yen at its weakest level in years, some major Japanese manufacturers with overseas facilities are moving to shift production back to Japan. But insiders caution that the “reshoring” trend is a limited phenomenon and signals no real change in the basic strategy of Japanese export companies in the age of globalization. Homecoming for […]
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. cites Memphis entrepreneur Jennifer McCullough in its latest call for products made in the United States. McCullough was a caterer whose Chef Jenn line of prepared foods was stocked last year for the first time by the nation’s largest retailer. Wal-Mart has scheduled its annual Made in the USA Open Call and […]
Ten years ago, the US was losing 140,000 jobs each year to outsourced manufacturing. In 2014, the counter trend of bringing manufacturing back to the US has resulted in a net gain of 10,000 jobs, according to the Reshoring Initiative Data Report: Reshoring and FDI Boost US Manufacturing in 2014. The report was […]
SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwired – May 06, 2015) – Automation Anywhere, a pacesetting provider of automation software capable of automating virtually anything will be giving the software provider perspective for the Rev America 2015 panel discussion “What is RPA and Why It’s Great for Onshore Delivery,” happening today. “With RPA software, onshore providers have an opportunity […]
Chicago, Illinois – The Reshoring Initiative, an organization committed to helping manufacturers recognize the profit potential of utilizing local sourcing and production, has published its annual data report on reshoring trends, and the news is good.
By TED CARTER The newest assessment of the movement of jobs and investment back to the United States from oversees shows 2014 continued to tilt the jobs competition in the U.S.’s favor. But the United States is still three million to four million jobs short of regaining the number lost since the emergence of Asia, China […]
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), who conducts ongoing research on the impact of advanced-manufacturing technologies, estimates that the portion of tasks performed by robots in manufacturing will increase from 10% to 25% worldwide by 2025. In the US, some herald the growing use of robotics saying that it will reshore manufacturing and increase productivity. However, […]
There’s been a flurry of news reports suggesting that U.S. corporations are bringing overseas manufacturing back to the United States, notably from China. The reason for the reshoring: As labor costs rise in China and other emerging markets, the …
Is the Reshoring of U.S. Manufacturing a Myth? Knowledge@Wharton
