URL | http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/10906 |
Source | Yahoo Finance/Wall Street Journal |
Date Published | 03/12/2010 |
Author Name | Kris Maher, Bob Tita |
Mentions specific company case(s) of reshoring, kept from offshoring, or transplant | Yes |
Company/Division name | Caterpillar |
Type of work | Manufacturing |
Reshoring category: | Reshoring |
Country(ies) from which reshored: | Japan |
Industry(ies): | Machinery |
Product(s) reshored | heavy equipment |
What non-domestic negative factors made offshoring less attractive? | Currency variation, Freight cost, Intellectual property risk, Political instability, Quality/rework/warranty, "complicated logistics" |
What domestic positive factors made reshoring more attractive? | Government Incentives |