The UpTake: This startup’s robotic sewing technology could be the best hope for onshoring apparel manufacturing. A n Atlanta startup is using advanced manufacturing technologies to help bring apparel manufacturing back to the United States. SoftWear Automation Inc. has developed robotic sewing technologies to automate apparel manufacturing. Rather than develop custom hardware, SoftWear uses off-the-shelf […]
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The association has invested in a number of schemes to support this, including the Toolmakers’ Census and Supply Chain Clusters initiative.”,sans-serif;> The latter underlines the association’s confidence in supporting the UK Supply Chain to develop focused working groups as Clusters. To achieve this GTMA has appointed Alan Arthur to manage the […]
Reviving the British manufacturing sector is a key government policy, with an ambitious target to increase exports to £1 trillion by 2020 and a new body, Reshore UK, being set up to make it easier for companies to bring their manufacturing back to the UK. The uplift in reshoring is being heralded as […]
FIRST there was offshoring as businesses moved functions overseas to save money. But onshoring followed when management teams brought them home again after realising that emerging markets were becoming too expensive. Next came northshoring, as businesses looked to move back office operations to cheaper locations within the UK. Now a new trend could be emerging, […]
After initially manufacturing a different bike wheel overseas, company owner Mello Bouwmeester decided to bring the composites work to Adelaide, South Australia. “Quality control is absolutely critical during the manufacturing process,’’ he said. “It’s like making a cake. There are lots of different ingredients that go in and they all have to be exact and […]
I was catching up on my business reading this weekend and came across two great articles. One piece, while obstensibly about re-shoring, is actually a great HR lesson for business and HR leaders. The other is a tour-de-force about the substantial problems with performance reviews. I want every HR person out […]
Kansas Commerce Secretary Pat George Daniel McCoy Reporter- Wichita Business Journal Email | Twitter | LinkedIn | Google+ More and more U.S. companies are bringing back stateside work they once sent to other countries, and Kansas leaders want those companies to know that the Sunflower State is a great place for them to “reshore” that […]
Molded Rubber & Plastics Corp. is seeing work return form China, but a recent survey from Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce found that the migration of re-shoring work to Wisconsin from overseas has been more like a slow trickle than a rush. Of the 261 companies that responded, 4 percent said they had already re-shored jobs […]
Control freaks, blame games, and other misguided attempts at building a better business through IT outsourcing. There’s still no script for the Great American IT outsourcing project. But today’s most common outsourcing pitfalls have less to do with technology and everything to do with relationships and communication. Or lack thereof. “Both companies have to […]
Gov. Sam Brownback unveils his Road Map 2.0 for a second term at Wichita Area Technical College. Bill Wilson Managing Editor- Wichita Business Journal Email | Twitter | Facebook Gov. Sam Brownback told a crowd of about 70 Wichitans Tuesday afternoon at Wichita Area Technical College that he wants to create 100,000 new private sector […]
