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Reshoring Isn’t a Myth — But It’s Not a Phenomenon Either  Knowledge@Wharton

While it’s true that some companies are bringing manufacturing back to the U.S., just as much new outsourcing is underway, according to Wharton research.

Experts from the High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult have identified that the recent bull-run in manufacturing in Britain is partly due to the decision by big companies to stay in Britain rather than move overseas, bucking the trend of previous decades. The effect of retaining production here is arguably more important than the […]

Eventually, the Hildebrand facility will make 16 million pair of socks per year on advanced-manufacturing knitting machines. Ken Elkins Senior Staff Writer- Charlotte Business Journal Email  |  Twitter  |  Google+ A 60-employee sock plant in the small town of Hildebrand tomorrow becomes a symbol for returning textile production back to the U.S. and bringing new […]

Ahilia Inc., a global services, outsourcing and technology marketing consultancy, announced that Everest Group, a leading advisory and research firm in the global services space, is the Research Partner of RevAmerica 2015, the only national conference dedicated to U.S. domestic sourcing (onshoring) of IT and BPO services. “We are excited to […]

Manufacturers have heard about how Internet of Things movement can generate, store and analyze data points, but the future of IoT is even more exciting. Sean Riley, the Global Manufacturing & Supply Chain Solutions Director at Software AG, recently released his list of supply chain and manufacturing predictions for 2015. Riley’s list includes predictions about […]

Strong business starts with superior intelligence The outlook for the U.S. economy continues to improve, and we are expecting increases in both business and consumer spending in the coming year Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) February 05, 2015 Construction starts in the United States are expected to […]

This article is by Thomas Roemer, a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the executive director of the MIT Leaders for Global Operations program. In the last decade, we’ve lost millions of manufacturing jobs to outsourcing. According to U.S. News and World Report, there are now 5.1 million fewer American manufacturing jobs […]

A.T. Kearney: Economic Data Does Not Support The Manufacturing Reshoring Story; Offshore Outsourcing Is Still Outpacing Reshoring By Richard A. McCormack richard@manufacturingnews.com An A.T. Kearney analysis of the manufacturing reshoring trend, which finds that it’s “not what it’s cracked up to be,” is flawed, argues the Reshoring Initiative, the association created to monitor and encourage […]

An A.T. Kearney analysis of the manufacturing reshoring trend, which finds that it’s “not what it’s cracked up to be,” is flawed, argues the Reshoring Initiative, the association created to monitor and encourage the return of manufacturing to America.