About the Reshoring Initiative Data
The Reshoring Initiative® tracks data on the reshoring trend by the following means.Data is extracted primarily from published articles on the subject of reshoring, which we break down into two categories: reshoring and new foreign direct investment (FDI). The common denominator is that the company specifically chooses to produce in the US over other offshore options. We do not include in our data increases in US manufacturing due to market expansion.
Most publications are available online and are found via automated Google search using the following terms and phrases: reshoring, re-shoring, onshoring, backshoring, near-shoring, new US manufacturing, manufacturing returning to the US, and foreign direct investment.
Additionally, we occasionally acquire data from primary sources via conversation, interviews, or print only material. These data are recorded in the database as “primary source material” with name of source cited.
All source material is entered into the Reshoring Initiative Library. Our “librarians” or data entry team extract whatever data is available and enter it into the 32 data fields, including, for example: company, industry, location to and from, reasons for reshoring, etc.
On a monthly basis, we extract the data to excel format and merge, compare and clean multiple data sources to create up-to-date data on each company, resulting in our Master Data file. We then analyze the Master Data to create our tables, lists and graphs, and the Library Data, which is made available to the public via our data reports. Data points of the raw data are also available through the Advanced Search option on our website, ReshorNow.org.
How to Aquire the Full Reshoring Initiative Master Data
The full Reshoring Initiative Master Data is available for purchase. Please contact Harry Moser for inquiries.
Please note, the cleaned Master Data is not located on this website.
Scarping of the raw data from our website is strictly prohibited by law.Here is a downloadable pdf Powerpoint containing a sampling of reshoring cases: Consumer Product Cases of Reshoring
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