The executives at Trek Bicycle can pinpoint the day they realized the bike market was going berserk. "April 12," says Eric Bjorling, the director of brand marketing for the company. "That's when we knew we had something on our hands."…
Bringing jobs back to U.S. from China not so simple, consultant says. The trend toward globalization has become risky due to factors including unsettled international relations, ethnocentrism, trade disputes, global counterfeiting, the COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions, supply-chain consultant Rosemary…
Tranche 4 shakes up apparel and footwear supply chains after escaping earlier tariffs This story was first published in the weekly newsletter, Supply Chain Dive: Procurement. Sign up here. Dive Insight: Although China is currently the country’s largest supplier of…
Reshoring Injection Molded Plastic Parts, Products, and Components… Guest Blog by Joe Croft – Sare Plastics – Alliance, Ohio There are many compelling arguments for reshoring of manufactured goods, not the least of which is the current state of affairs…
Made in USA Labeling - The Reshoring Institute was asked to assist in researching sources for U.S. made parts for our client. The company wanted to start manufacturing products in the U.S. To label the product “Made in USA” according…
With the announcement of the tariffs, many companies are starting to investigate moving manufacturing back to the U.S. to avoid the tariffs. This is a great idea in theory but as we have learned over the last couple of years…
The United States has ordered 10%-25% tariffs on about $200 billion of Chinese goods. China retaliated by applying tariffs on $60 billion U.S’s goods imported into China, and has filed two WTO complaints against the U.S. The list of…
Ever since Trump announced tariffs on Aluminum and Steel in March 2018, Tariffs and Trade Wars have been “trending”. I get daily Google Alerts for articles on the Trade War between China and the U.S. and every industry has given…
China Tariffs Across many industries, rising costs in China are giving companies significant financial incentive to consider reshoring manufacturing jobs back to the US, or move them to other low-cost nations. Many sectors, such as garment manufacturing, have already moved…
Growing up in Taiwan, I often heard that products made in the United States or Europe must be superior in exchange for higher prices. But as many companies in the Western world started to outsource their production to China, it…
China Tariffs: The reshoring of manufacturing from China is no longer in question. Whether that work ever makes it back to the U.S., however, is another matter entirely.
I love it when today’s politics and current events end up in popular television. I recently finished the second season of Netflix’s House of Cards and my ears always perked up when I heard them mention China. We emphasize Reshoring…