About 25% of offshored products should be profitably reshorable.

The time is right to make more Made in USA products available to U.S. consumers. Bringing production from another country, especially a low-labor-cost (LLC) country, is increasingly feasible due to the rapid closing of the wage gap vs. the U.S. Launching a new product is always a challenge, especially for smaller companies. This webpage provides the Resources to help large and small U.S. and foreign based companies make the right decision and succeed in profitably manufacturing or sourcing appropriate products in the U.S.A. The challenge is typically to determine whether, when shifting from offshore to domestic sourcing, twenty to thirty small overhead costs come down more than the manufacturing costs go up. Based on available data, about 25% of offshored products should be profitably reshorable. The mission of this website is to help you pick the right products to reevaluate and to provide the tools to help you make that reevaluation accurately and the transition smoothly.

Resource 1: Timing

Resource 1: Timing

Key reasons to reevaluate offshore vs. domestic sourcing now include: rapidly closing wage gaps, automation minimizing labor content, increasing consumer preference for Made in USA and increased recognition of the previously ignored costs, risks and strategic impacts of not producing in the market. Learn More →

Resource 2: Product Selection

Resource 2: Product Selection

See what other companies have successfully reshored. Start with products that have issues: quality, delivery, too much inventory, IP risk, long launch times, require close coordination of engineering and manufacturing or are at risk to lose share to a competitive Made in USA product. Learn More →

Resource 3: Reevaluation

Resource 3: Reevaluation

Go beyond wage arbitrage, purchase price variance and landed cost. Total Cost of Ownership and the Cost Differential Frontier may show that you will be equally profitable with a domestic manufacturing cost 20% to 30% higher than offshore. Learn More →

Resource 4: Competitiveness

Resource 4: Competitiveness

What to do if the reevaluation suggests the U.S. alternative is close but not quite the best choice? Lean, DFMA, automation, training, government incentives. Learn More →

Resource 5: Supplier Selection

Resource 5: Supplier Selection

How to find domestic manufacturers for products or components. Learn More →

Resource 6: Retailers

Resource 6: Retailers

What can retailers do to help? Which retailers are interested? Learn More →

Resource 7: Compliance

Resource 7: Compliance

FTC and California criteria for Made in USA. Learn More →

Resource 8: Transition

Resource 8: Transition

Planning the transition: people, inventory, tooling, etc. Making a smooth exit from the other country. Learn More →

Resource 9: Financing

Resource 9: Financing

Starting-up an operation or reshoring to an existing facility will often require a combination of long-term financing of capital equipment and working capital and financing of inventory during the transition. Learn More →

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Disclaimer: The listed Resources are provided on a best-effort basis. The Reshoring Initiative obtains the content appearing on the site from sources that it considers to be reliable; however, the Initiative does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of such content or of the help that any of the Resources will provide.