Boeing’'s secret plan to use robots to bring manufacturing back to the US

URLhttp://qz.com/116077/boeings-secret-plan-to-use-ro
SourceQuartz
Date Published08/16/2013
Author NameChristopher Mims
Mentions specific company case(s) of reshoring, kept from offshoring, or transplantYes

Additional Reshoring Information:

Company/Division name Boeing
Parent companyBoeing
Type of work Manufacturing
If manufacturing, is the company an OEM? Unknown
If manufacturing, is the company a contract manufacturer?Unknown
Reshoring category:Reshoring
What product(s) and/or service(s) were outsourced domestically?Manufacturing
Year reshoring announced:2013
Country(ies) from which reshored:Japan
If relevant, work nearshored to:-
Industry(ies):Transportation Equipment
Product(s) reshoredairplanes
What non-domestic negative factors made offshoring less attractive?Intellectual property risk
What domestic positive factors made reshoring more attractive?Automation/technology
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