The latest Automotive Council Report (March 2015 Report) identifies some very interesting and potentially lucrative UK supply chain and supplier opportunities. In particular, the Report showcases a big jump in demand from British vehicle manufacturers for high value British-made/sourced components – a continuing drive for increased localisation of the supply chain. It also builds […]
Reshoring News
Is the onshoring trend more hype than substance? Exactly a year has passed since my six-part series on the top 10 compelling reasons fueling the onshoring trend. As I pointed out then, we are still a long way from a manufacturing Renaissance in the United States. However, the undeniable influx of jobs brought back […]
UK – On 23 April 2015 the UK-based trade association GTMA will once again host its ‘Manufacturing UK’ event at Yamazaki Mazak’s state-of-the-art machine tool manufacturing plant, Worcester. Over the last year or so the trend has been for large OEMs to reconsider their outsourcing policies. Companies have reported work returning to the UK which […]
Is the onshoring trend more hype than substance? Exactly a year has passed since my six-part series on the top 10 compelling reasons fueling the onshoring trend. As I pointed out then, we are still a long way from a manufacturing Renaissance in the United States. However, the undeniable influx of jobs brought back […]
There’s lots of noise these last few years about companies bringing back some of their manufacturing to North America. Cheaper energy options, better on-time delivery, and increasing wages in countries labeled low-cost have been cited as the main motivating factors. What kind of impact this is really having on the U.S. economy is up […]
The increasing trend for reshoring in the manufacturing sector has reaped dividends for an Aldridge electronic components specialist. One-LUX, which designs, assembles and supplies LED lighting control solutions, is set to break the £5 million turnover barrier for the first time this year. The firm says it is currently flying high thanks to a deal […]
Fuda-Hobart Rose, which was established in 1959, has tapped into support from the Business Growth Service and the Let’s Grow fund to reshore up to 20% of its manufacturing back from China after customers demanded greater flexibility and quicker lead times. The company is investing more than £250,000 and hundreds of hours of manpower […]
Perhaps the biggest question in American political economy right now is why middle-class wages have been falling. There are three main hypotheses. Roughly, these are: Robots, unions and China. The robots theory gets by far the most play in the news media, since it’s by far the scariest — if automation is replacing big chunks […]
WALNUT CREEK, Calif., March 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Ahilia Inc., a global services, outsourcing and technology marketing consultancy, today announced that Michael Rogers, a technology pioneer, author and journalist, will keynote at RevAmerica 2015, the only national conference dedicated to […]
Reshoring is the most direct solution for many of the hottest supply chain issues. Drastically shortened lead time dramatically reduces the complexity of monitoring all levels of a global supply chain and the importance of longer-term forecasting. Shorter distance and lead-time also dramatically improve inventory turns and reduce the risk of supply chain disruption. Increasingly, […]
