Offshoring

For economies to thrive, companies need to hand over a quarter of their profits, but the Four Horsemen - Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook - pay far less than the average US corporate tax rate.

Offshoring, reshoring, nearshoring - manufacturing and supply chains around the world are undergoing some seismic locational shifts, many of which the conventional wisdom did not see coming, and for reasons that may surprise you.

For several years, the Gulf or “Third Coast” has been primed for economic success, moving beyond recovery from events like Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to a broader resurgence.

Hope for a “renaissance” of U.S. manufacturing will come through new policy making informed by accurate data, not politically convenient distortions.

This paper offers guidance for executives and managers who have a stake in the success of O/O initiatives, and provides a risk intelligent approach to address the risk and maximize the value of an O/O strategy.