[bigbob]

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has been publishing research on this for the past 18 months or so. You can find their reports on their website. The white papers are free, although registration may be required, but well worth it as they provide specific details on the underlying forces behind reshoring of US manufacturing, which industries will be most affected and when, and which states and regions stand to benefit the most.

[T-Bird45]

Good article, sent the link to the office for posting on our Face Book page.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Hahahaha! I used to have a crew in that plant. It’s HUGE and harder to get in and out of than an airport. I was an HR staffer with a temporary company. One of the best paying jobs I’ve had in recent years and I only worked 3 days a week, but it was full-time.

[FAA]

It’s really pretty damn predictable.

As soon as the cost of production + the cost of transportation outstrip the cost of the item........you look for ways to reduce those costs. Producing in China 10-15 years ago was enticing, paying people $10/day to build something that would sell for $500 retail here. Now, as Chinese want $100/day to build something that now sells for $500 retail, that margin is crap. Combined with the higher cost of transport, ouila.

[RayChuang88]

I think we may see more manufacturing come back to the USA for another reason: all the low-coast manufacturing done in China has resulted in VERY serious air and water pollution problems that could seriously cut the life expectancy of the Chinese population--and the government of China knows this all too well. Is it small wonder why Hon Hai Precision Industry (which produces electronic goods through its Foxconn operations) is now looking at robotic production of consumer electronic goods--production that could be done at reasonable cost even in the USA?

[tcrlaf]

CHEAP ENERGY...

That is, and always has been, the key to industrialization.

And it is the bain of the liberal enviroNazi treehugger.

[dragnet2]

I'm glad they got jobs 'n no offense, but that looks like a state prison...

[DannyTN]

How many years have we heard this same forecast?

The offshoring isn't going to change until we restore the import tariffs.

The wage differential is too high. It trumps transportation costs. It trumps any alleged pressure to produce domestically. The bigger bonus checks offset the management headache of overseas calls.

Restore the import tariffs, and THEN you will have pressure to reshore.

[Moonman62]

What about the government’s destruction of the value of the dollar?