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Turning Point: Pandemic Demonstrates Need for Reshoring

May 28, 2020

COVID-19 outbreak underscores U.S. need to bolster supply chains, reduce dependence on foreign trade By Michelle Comerford, Biggins Lacy Shapiro & Co and Harry Moser, The Reshoring Initiative The COVID-19 pandemic has been the most dramatic driver of personal behavior change and economic turmoil in the last 50 years. Its most notable impact going forward may be on global manufacturing footprints. The severe negative impacts of the pandemic will lead to renewed economic growth and stability if the country learns from this crisis. The res...

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A container ship stuck in the Suez Canal vividly demonstrated the lack of resilience in the global and U.S. supply chains, as 400 freighters sat idly ...

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Reshoring: Changing Conditions Impact Location Decisions

November 19, 2018

By Harry Moser, Founder/President, Reshoring Initiative For decades companies have been chasing cheap labor offshore and then importing products to se...

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Wisconsin-Based Mitchell Metal Products Wins First National Reshoring Award

October 12, 2017

Photo caption: Reshoring Initiative President Harry Moser presents National Reshoring Award to Tim Zimmerman of Mitchell Metal Products in front of th...

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From “Reshoring” to “Domestic Supply Chains”

July 24, 2017

By Michael Langley, Chair of the International Economic Development Council Many companies with overseas facilities would prefer to have those operati...

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Considering Reshoring?

December 1, 2015

By JoAnn Crary, President, Saginaw Future After decades of moving jobs overseas, American companies have begun returning operations to U.S. soil in a ...

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