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| Help define the National Manufacturing Strategy: Complete the Reshoring Survey | | | | The Reshoring Initiative has been helping companies do the best they can despite the tilted playing field. At the same time, we are working with the government and companies to eliminate the tilt and improve overall U.S. competitiveness. The Reshoring Initiative and Plante Moran have launched the “Manufacturing Reshoring Survey” to identify: (1) why companies produce and source so much offshore; (2) how big the price gap is, U.S. vs. offshore; and (3) what national and corporate policy changes are needed to make more reshoring viable for individual companies. We ask for your participation in the survey: Tell Washington what policy changes would motivate you to reshore. | | | Long-term planning needed | | In conjunction with the survey, the Initiative is working on a Toolkit to improve U.S. competitiveness. We are seeking other organizations to partner with us in refining the program and presenting it to the administration and Congress. Please visit the Competitiveness Toolkit blog to see if you can help. Also see Industry Week: 40% Increase in US Manufacturing is Achievable for a description of the logic behind the Toolkit. | | | Import Substitution Plan | | We are about to launch the Import Substitution plan, which will enable companies, equipment suppliers and economic developers to cooperate to substitute domestic production for imports. Stay tuned! | | | Mitchell Metal Products Wins First National Reshoring Award | Mitchell Metal Products won because it reshored successfully, increasing production dramatically and providing a shorter lead time. In 2016, the company reshored a cultivator handle subassembly, increasing the production volume from 4,500 made overseas to 30,000 made in Wisconsin.
Submit your reshoring case for the 2018 Award competition sponsored by PMA (Precision Metalforming Association) and the Initiative. We can help you reshore now, in time to meet the September 1, 2018 deadline. The Reshoring Initiative is discussing having similar Reshoring Awards for other industries. Contact us with ideas.
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| Fig. 2 Harry Moser, left, presents National Reshoring Award to Tim Zimmerman of Mitchell Metal Products
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| Update on cases of reshoring | | Robotics will continue to play a huge role in reshoring. Perhaps the most dramatic recent example is the announcement by Amazon that it has patented an automated process to manufacture clothing in the U.S. There is also the rise of the point-of-demand model, explained in Manufacturing’s New World Order. | | | A selection of policy related topics are listed below: | | | |
