Trending: Bringing Manufacturing Back Onshore

Given enough time, virtually any prediction might come true.

I checked my blog archive recently; the objective: to determine when I first wrote about Low Cost Country Sourcing, and its inevitable evolution “away from” the original low cost countries such as China and India. It was July 2008 when I first raised that possibility.

The most recent blog on this subject was just six months ago:

https://www.scmr.com/article/the_evolving_landscape_of_low_cost_country_sourcing/

The return of manufacturing to the U.S. is becoming a noticeable trend. That is entirely appropriate for any business that is serious about TCO, quality, cycle times, responsiveness, risk management, and a few other topics.

For an up-to-date commentary on the trend to move production back to the U.S., check out this post over on the Sourcing Innovation blog:

http://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2011/07/24/should-you-move-your-production-back-to-the-us.aspx

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