Monday, August 20, 2012

The New Look of Manufacturing


Through the spring and summer the business press has been abuzz with talk of a manufacturing resurgence in the U.S.  This is not baseless chatter.  Years of experience have educated many companies in the harsh realities of offshoring significant levels of production.  Consistent challenges regarding legal protections, labor cost increases, freight costs, and the sheer managerial complexity of coordinating foreign operations have led many companies to cease offshoring initiatives and in some cases to even reverse them.

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