Reshoring

This report, the first in a series, examines the economic trends that point to a U.S. manufacturing renaissance. It also explores the strategic implications of the shifting cost equation for companies engaged in global sourcing.

It's being reported today that with the worldwide smartphone shipment growth slowing down, Apple has been cutting its existing upstream component suppliers' quotes and seeking new component suppliers to maintain its high gross margins.

Buyers’ and suppliers’ insights bring manufacturing industry trends into focus.

Buyers’ and suppliers’ insights bring manufacturing industry trends into focus.

U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump’s dreams to bring back lost manufacturing jobs such as those at Apple Computer manufacturing are just that, dreams, according to financial players.

The A.T. Kearney U.S. Reshoring Index has dropped to –115, down from –30 in 2014, and it represents the largest year-over-year decrease in the past 10 years.

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.

The controversy over reshoring has flared up again thanks largely to some research published by the managing consulting firm A.T. Kearney in December 2015.

While some have criticized the Index's conclusions, the authors counter that it is the result of in-depth macroeconomic analyses, not a survey.

Rosemary Coates, President of Blue Silk Consulting, explains why A.T. Kearney's recently published study stating that reshoring is not happening as predicted in U.S. manufacturing, is just plain wrong.

The second annual A.T. Kearney U.S. Reshoring Index shows that for the fourth consecutive year, reshoring of manufacturing operations to the United States has once again failed to keep up with offshoring.

Joint report from Deloitte and MAPI highlights the need for manufacturing companies to take a proactive stance in managing both the expansion and optimization of their global footprints.

While the West Coast struggles with congestion and dysfunctional politics, the Third Coast - the urbanized, broadly coastal region spanning the Gulf from Brownsville, Texas, to greater Tampa - is emerging as a center of industry, innovation, and economic growth.

Half of large U.S. companies are bringing some of their manufacturing processes back onshore, with a significant effect on global procurement, logistics, trade, and manufacturing strategies. Is your supply chain ready for the global supply chain evolution?

There are no pre-existing oversea assembly lines that can handle the massive 84” and 55” Surface Hub's unique features, large size and weight, so they will be manufactured in Wilsonville, Oregon in the United States.