After rushing to offshore production in pursuit of lower-cost labor, many manufacturers have spent the past few years rethinking that decision. They’ve learned that, while offshoring production bound for core markets to lower-cost countries can bring chea…
After rushing to offshore production in pursuit of lower-cost labor, many manufacturers have spent the past few years rethinking that decision. They’ve learned that, while offshor… http://gilucom.gilcommunity.com/blog/why-it-so-hard-transplant-lean-low-cost-countries/
Much has been said and written over the last few years about the importance of the so-called reshoring trend – returning manufacturing operations back to domestic sites rather than offshoring to Asia and other overseas locations – as a way to ensure the f…
Much has been said and written over the last few years about the importance of the so-called reshoring trend – returning manufacturing operations back to domestic sites rather tha… http://gilucom.gilcommunity.com/blog/whats-truth-about-reshoring/
Members of the Manufacturing Leadership Council met yesterday to discuss what’s most at stake for the manufacturing industry in this year’s mid-term Congressional elections, an important event in which 33 Senate and all 435 House seats are up for grabs.
Members of the Manufacturing Leadership Council met yesterday to discuss what’s most at stake for the manufacturing industry in this year’s mid-term Congressional elections, an im… http://gilucom.gilcommunity.com/blog/mid-terms-election-tax-reform-workforceskills-top-council-issues/
As the leadership crisis continues to play out in Thailand, manufacturers are receiving a clear reminder of the risks that social and political upheaval can mean to offshore production.
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As the leadership crisis continues to play out in Thailand, manufacturers are receiving a clear reminder of the risks that social and political upheaval can … http://gilucom.gilcommunity.com/discussion/thailand-latest-example-offshoring-risk/
Similarly, for several years, it has been the assumption that manufacturing costs in China were so much lower than in developed countries that manufacturers-- particularly in the U.S. and Western Europe--would have little choice but to offshore production…
When I was growing up, any product with a “Made in Japan” label was assumed to be cheap and of much lower quality than a comparable product made in the U.S.
It took many years—… http://gilucom.gilcommunity.com/blog/whatever-happened-china-price/
By now, many of the downsides associated with offshoring are painfully well-known to manufacturing executives: High transportation costs, long lead times, quality and intellectual property protection concerns and, increasingly, rising labor costs.But one …
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By now, many of the downsides associated with offshoring are painfully well-known to manufacturing executives: High transportation costs, long lead times, qu… http://gilucom.gilcommunity.com/discussion/offshoring-how-do-you-cope-time-zone-burnout/
Apple is the latest company to join the U.S. reshoring parade, with CEO Tim Cook announcing that the technology titan will manufacture one of its Mac computers in the country in 2013.
Apple is the latest company to join the U.S. reshoring parade, with CEO Tim Cook announcing that the technology titan will manufacture one of its Mac computers in the country in 2… http://gilucom.gilcommunity.com/discussion/manufacturing-executives-victims-group-think/
Although roboticsand technological innovation will undoubtedly attract the youthful "tinkers" (even if they are at a minimum), how does the manufacturing sector expect to attract anyone outside of that bright and engineer-oriented "2%" when the three most…
Although roboticsand technological innovation will undoubtedly attract the youthful "tinkers" (even if they are at a minimum), how does the manufacturing sector expect to attract … http://gilucom.gilcommunity.com/discussion/automation-and-offshoring-engine-drives-fear-megatrends-2012/
News that Apple’s iPhone and iPad maker, Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group, is considering investing up to $12 billion in new manufacturing and assembly plants in Brazil, may mark the beginning of a significant shift in global awareness about the world's …
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