"On-shoring," or work coming back to the U.S., might be a real trend. I want it to be, but that very feeling gets in the way of seeing the matter clearly. Manufacturing work seems to be returning to the United States. Is it returning in a big way? I want it to be so. In an article for our e-newsletter, MMS Extra, I wrote about two sources that see the work returning. One is a consulting firm whose survey of OEMs found that most of them are re-evaluating domestic production because of the unplanned costs of manufacturing at a distance. Another is a maker of custom workholding that is seeing new business specifically because of companies tooling up to take on work that is returning home. Read more about both views at www.mmsonline.com/articles/second-thoughts-on-foreign-sourcing.aspx.
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