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Editor’s note: Harry Moser’s column will appear every other month. Has your company reshored production? Are you thinking about it? We’d like to hear from you. We would love to report on your successes or opportunities in future issues. Contact harry. moser@reshorenow.org.

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US Competitiveness Unlocks Reshoring Opportunities

US Competitiveness Unlocks Reshoring Opportunities

Harry Moser
April 19, 2022
Resilient supply chains are fundamental to our national security and economic prosperity. The pandemic-induced collapse of global supply chains has launched a national movement to strengthen domestic manufacturing.
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Innovation Is a Game Changer for US Manufacturing and Workforce Development

Innovation Is a Game Changer for US Manufacturing and Workforce Development

Harry Moser
February 23, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has propelled a national movement to strengthen domestic supply chains and reshore. Recruitment of the next generation of skilled manufacturing talent is paramount to this effort, but there is a widening gap between the skills needed by industry and the skills of job candidates.
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Assembly Operations Contribute to Reshoring Surge

Assembly Operations Contribute to Reshoring Surge

Harry Moser
December 19, 2021
The pandemic has spurred a national push to strengthen the domestic supply chain, driving reshoring numbers higher.
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Further Review of Manufacturing Supply Chains

Further Review of Manufacturing Supply Chains

Harry Moser
October 14, 2021
In his June 2021 editorial, ASSEMBLY's editor in chief John Sprovieri discussed President Biden's February executive order to review critical U.S. supply chains. I would like to build on John's analysis and offer advice to the Biden administration.
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Making it in America—Companies Reshore Manufacturing of Essential Products

Making it in America—Companies Reshore Manufacturing of Essential Products

Shortages of essential products caused or revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic warrant shortening supply chains to reduce risk and increase resilience.
Harry Moser
August 2, 2021

Shortening and closing supply chain gaps for essential products will immediately benefit the following industries: personal protective equipment (PPE), medical device manufacturing, electronics and defense. Sixty percent of reshoring cases after March 2020 mention the pandemic as a factor in the decisions. Already, reshoring cases among manufacturers of medical devices and PPE are double compared with last year.


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What Makes Assembly in the United States Attractive?

Harry Moser
June 29, 2021
The volatility and uncertainty resulting from trade wars and the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with increased consumer demand for faster delivery, customization and responsiveness, is helping to promote reshoring and foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States. Reshoring and FDI are both motivated by the same logic: the agility and financial advantages that companies achieve by producing near their customers.
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A Million New U.S. Manufacturing Jobs

Harry Moser
May 5, 2021
Since 2010, more than 4,700 companies have brought back some or all of their manufacturing operations and sourcing to the U.S. Despite COVID-19, reshoring was up in 2020.
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How Automation Accelerates Reshoring—Part 2

Harry Moser
February 9, 2021
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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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Local for Local Pays Off for U.S. Automotive Assembly

Harry Moser
October 8, 2020

Growing sustainability and resilience concerns brought about by trade war uncertainty and the COVID-19 pandemic have companies looking for ways to mitigate risk and increase agility.


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