Frictionless Videocast: The Importance of Water at the U.S./Mexico Border with Commissioner Maria-Elena Giner, International Boundary and Water Commission
April 15, 2024
Listen as Dr.Maria Elena Giner, Commissioner of the US International Boundary and Water Commission, and Rosemary Coates, Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute, discuss the importance of water at the U.S./Mexico border.
Supply Chain Waits on Political Winds
February 23, 2024
Politics seems to be on everyone’s mind in this election year and the effects on supply chains are becoming evident in every aspect of our work.
Talking Materials Handling: Reshoring, Nearshoring and Friend-shoring
February 16, 2024
How geopolitics is changing where and how you make and source materials. Listen in as Rosemary Coates and Tom Cook explain the changing landscape around manufacturing and sourcing. Executive editor Bob Trebilcock hosts.
Reshoring, Nearshoring and Friend-shoring
February 15, 2024
How geopolitics is changing where and how you make and source materials. Listen in as Rosemary Coates and Tom Cook explain the changing landscape around manufacturing and sourcing. Executive editor Bob Trebilcock hosts.
Inside Foxconn’s Tijuana Manufacturing Plant
February 5, 2024
Reshoring Institute Executive Director Rosemary Coates got a first-hand look at Foxconn’s Tijuana manufacturing site and saw what is possible when companies invest in nearshoring. More than 5,500 employees work in the facility, producing consumer electronics, circuit boards, and medical products.
Global Labor Rates: China is no longer a low-cost country
January 5, 2023
With worldwide shortages and supply chain disruptions, companies have changed how they source and manufacture parts and finished products. The Reshoring Institute studied and compared global labor rates around the world—and what follows are the high-level results of a study comparing labor rates in 13 different countries.
Frictionless Podcast: Apparel Production and Logistics in Central America
December 24, 2022
On this Episode, Rosemary Coates, Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute, and Annie Paredes, Director of Customer Service at CBX Global Central America discuss the apparel industry’s shift to Honduras.
What’s happening with reshoring, nearshoring and labor rates on Talking Supply Chain
December 17, 2022
Listen in as Rosemary Coates discusses the latest trends in global supply chain management on this episode.
Welcome to the Frictionless Podcast with Rosemary Coates
May 31, 2022
A renowned supply chain expert, Coates will explore what’s happening in supply chain today, including the rise of women in supply chain.
Talking Supply Chain Podcast: Breaking up is hard to do
September 7, 2021
On this episode, Rosemary Coates discusses what’s happening with reshoring, near-shoring and off-shoring in today’s global supply chains. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.
Supply Chain Outlook Summit: The Economy In 2016 And Beyond
November 10, 2015
Last week, we launched our first supply chain summit in Chicago. Attendees had a chance to hear ten presenters discuss what to expect next year and in the years to come for our industry.