What products and components offer the biggest opportunities for reshoring? What advanced manufacturing technology is needed to enable the reshoring? To what degree did the pandemic disrupt supply chains, and how did it affect sourcing? To answer these questions and…
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Ever since the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic began to shut down factories and disrupt supply chain operations throughout North America and Europe beginning in March of this year, reshoring has been one of the hottest topics in manufacturing. While there was…
Our work helping companies reshore manufacturing has increased significantly since the beginning of the trade wars, and now the pandemic. Reshoring is a hot topic in business, discussed in C-level staff meetings and Board meetings throughout America. Reshoring often involves…
In 2015, I started my high-tech trucking panel company in a garage. I was still in graduate school, getting my MBA from Stanford University, and money was tight. We began making prototypes of our concept: panels that would automatically deploy…
In recent months, we’ve watched the world come to a standstill, forcing individuals and businesses to hit pause as the COVID-19 pandemic touches every corner of the economy. Reliance on the global market has forced international trade teams to evaluate…
The supply chain is the backbone of modern business, and it faces some unprecedented changes these days. Supply chain managers have faced an unusually extreme set of challenges amid Covid-19. These difficulties will transform the industry as the pandemic continues…
The global pandemic has been incapacitating international supply chains since early 2020 and continues to cause frequent delays from international suppliers. Hostile trade relations between the United States and China had been brewing even before COVID-19 hit, accelerating a reshoring…
The swift pivot our manufacturing industry made during the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic was remarkable. Ford and GM pivoted its manufacturing might to make respirators. Dyson designed and built ventilators. Breweries and distilleries made hand sanitizer. Others partnered with a…
The coronavirus pandemic has left many workers wondering how their jobs will change going forward. More remote work? More personal protective equipment? And supply chain managers have been flung into the thick of the pandemic, tasked with keeping goods flowing…