THE British economy is beset by persistent structural problems. We haven’t been a manufacturing power for generations because we’re a ‘knowledge economy’. It’s more profitable to sell land to a foreign investor than to stick a factory on it and make things. So why is ‘re-shoring’ – the practice by which British businesses stop outsourcing […]
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Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing Scott Paul and Harry Moser will join NPE 2015: The International Plastic Showcase to talk about the future of American manufacturing. Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), and Moser, founder of the Reshoring […]
To a great degree, North America has been on an offshoring binge for the last three decades. Canadian and U.S. companies outsourced pretty much anything that could be outsourced. Why? It’s simple: lower-priced inputs to production, which at the time more than offset the higher risks and costs of logistics and transportation. The exception […]
Author: David Bailey (pictured), professor of industrial strategy, economics and strategy group, Aston Business School “Automotive reshoring really is happening. As noted elsewhere at AM-online this week, contracts worth more than £1 billion that were outsourced to overseas based automotive suppliers back in 2012 are now being delivered by UK-based suppliers, according […]
The theme for the 2015 event is ‘Reshoring’, a trend that the GTMA says it’s keen to fully support. The association has established the Reshoring UK initiative whereby its members provide the engineering supply chain into the leading industry sectors. “We have seen countless examples of firms coming to the rescue of […]
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 …
The AUSTECH 2015 exhibition, organised by AMTIL is being held in May this year at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre. This year’s AUSTECH exhibition comes at the right time, with the fall in the value of the Australian dollar expected to stimulate the manufacturing sector over the coming months. BlueScope Steel boss Paul […]
Comments (0) A SPECIALIST plastics manufacturer has created five new jobs and secured a £100,000 tooling order after reshoring the manufacturing of six products to the UK from China. Phineas Group makes plastic hangers for things such as shoes. Managing director Dan Wright said: “We decided it would be ideal if we were able to manufacture […]
Automotive reshoring really is happening. Contracts worth more than £1bn that were outsourced to overseas based automotive suppliers back in 2012 are now being delivered by UK-based suppliers, according to a new report by the UK’s Automotive Council (a body which brings together the industry and the British government). Back in 2012, the Automotive Council […]
RESEARCH: Sourcing manufacturing in low-wage economies has been conventional business wisdom for decades. But now rising costs and market volatility are causing companies to consider ‘re-shoring’ and to ask: Where should we be manufacturing? Coming to their aid, Vlerick Business School Professor Robert Boute and Professor Jan Van Mieghem from the Kellogg School of Management have developed a model […]
