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How Automation Accelerates Reshoring—Part 1

Harry Moser
December 11, 2020

COVID-19 has accelerated deglobalization in manufacturing, but that shift was already underway before the pandemic. Between 1990 and 2016, global trade had been growing at average annual rate of 4.9 percent, according to the World Trade Organization.


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Aligning Interests of Domestic Manufacturers and Consumers

Harry Moser
April 16, 2020

For decades, Americans worried about our manufacturing sector. People believed U.S.-made goods were too expensive or poorly made.


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Three Ways to Become More Profitable—and Famous

Get recognized for reshoring!
Harry Moser
February 7, 2020

Have you or your customers successfully reshored? Would you like to steer a successful reshoring project? In 2018, more than 1,300 companies announced they were shifting jobs to the U.S. from offshore. Why not ride the reshoring wave yourself, generate more business... and get 15 minutes of fame? Here are three ways to do just that.


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U.S. manufacturing: The greener choice

Offshoring has negatively affected the environment
Harry Moser
December 5, 2019
U.S. consumers are increasingly concerned about how their buying habits affect the environment. In fact, a recent Nielsen study found that 48 percent of U.S. consumers would change their buying habits to reduce environmental impacts.
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D2C model can have big impact on gross margin

Harry Moser
October 8, 2019
In my last column, we saw how Sherrill Manufacturing re-established the flatware industry in the U.S. by reshoring production.
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Reshoring and D2C: An award-winning combination

Harry Moser
August 13, 2019
In my last column, we discussed how a shift in consumer behavior and the adoption of new technology are transforming the traditional supply chain. We learned that some manufacturers are making the complex move to cut out the middleman and ship their products direct to consumers (D2C) for increased profits and greater control over brand, price and customer data.
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Manufacturers cut out the middleman (part 1)

Harry Moser
June 11, 2019
For years, manufacturers have depended on the middleman to distribute goods and get merchandise in front of customers.
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The USMCA trade agreement: A good start

Harry Moser
December 17, 2018
The United States, Canada and Mexico have reached a broad agreement on the "new NAFTA," the U.S.- Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA).
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Reshored jobs up 2,800 percent since 2010

Harry Moser
August 8, 2018
More than 170,000 new U.S. manufacturing jobs were announced in 2017 as a result of either reshoring or foreign direct in-vestment (FDI). That's an increase of 52 percent from 2016 and an incredible 2,800 percent from 2010.
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TCO and part redesign can make US assembly feasible

Harry Moser
December 4, 2017

For the past several years, the Reshoring Initiative has been helping manufacturers reshore production or keep existing work here through total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis. However, calculating TCO is only part of the overall competitiveness equation.


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