In spite of depleted excess savings and much higher interest rates, US consumption has continued to tick along at decent rates of growth. And a period of real wage growth suggests the US consumer will keep the show on the road for a while longer. As a result, we recently upgraded our forecast for the […]
Reshoring News
By MaCauley Studdard In the last two-plus years, rent growth and net absorption have both reached new heights, fueled by record levels of demand as a result of surging e-commerce sales. While e-commerce sales growth and the ongoing operational trend of maintaining higher inventory volumes has provided a tailwind to industrial fundamentals, there is also […]
Manufacturers in the U.S. responded to pandemic-era supply chain disruptions and an increased focus on sustainability by leaning into reshoring production. But a new report and three stalled megaprojects highlight the challenges in the effort to bring manufacturing stateside. Labor shortages are delaying the construction and opening of at least two U.S. manufacturing facilities. A […]
In recent years, tech supply chains around the world have been hit with unprecedented disruption: from lockdowns, congested ports and the Ukraine war, to sustainability goals, flexibility requirements and mitigating risks. These have led to a major move to rebalance and restrategise supply chains to bring them closer to home. To understand the why, what […]
Key takeaways: Challenging global economic and market conditions The global markets have been going through a challenging period, with many countries implementing aggressive interest-rate increases. In the United States the US federal funds rate has risen to the highest level in the last 40 years. Additionally, US equity market performance has seen very limited breadth; […]
New proposed restrictions could limit access to, and significantly increase the cost of, essential products, harming the U.S. economy, jeopardizing American competitiveness in the global market, and delaying progress for industries and sectors with urgent and growing needs. Some of these proposed restrictions aim to outright ban certain chemistries or regulate them at such low […]
Experts gathered at the National Assembly to call for fortifying reshoring policies, or policies that will support high-tech Korean companies to bring outsourced overseas operations back to Korea, as a part of the national agenda, amid increased demand to ramp up domestic economic security. “The United States-China conflict and the consequent supply chain collapse experienced […]
As part of Solutions Review’s Contributed Content Series—a collection of articles written by industry thought leaders in maturing software categories—Maggie Slowik, Global Industry Director for Manufacturing at IFS, explores the key factors influencing the rise of manufacturing reshoring and the positive impacts on a rebound for U.S. manufacturing. The manufacturing industry has not yet recovered […]
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected the NeoCity-based BRIDG project — which UCF is a partner of — as one of the 16 finalists for its inaugural Regional Innovation Engines competition. Established in accordance with the CHIPS and Science Act, the competition aims to foster innovation and collaborative technology-driven ecosystems across the nation. […]
Over the past 40 years, demand for cheaper goods pushed American factories and sourcing offshore to China. Now that China has positioned itself as a challenger to U.S. global leadership, the relationship has changed and the geopolitical risk of manufacturing or sourcing in China has grown. This changes the calculus for firms making sourcing decisions. […]
