by closeshoring | Nov 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
In 2015, Daniel Burrows founded XStream Trucking, a high-tech trucking panel company. XStream offshored it’s manufacturing and supply chain to China to lower costs. Because of the trade war, pandemic-related issues, increased costs in China, and other risks,...
by closeshoring | Nov 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
China’s factory activity rose in October, recovering from the deep slump brought on by the coronavirus pandemic earlier in the year. The boost in demand was led by a rebound in Chinese consumer demand as people spent on travel, leisure, and shopped for goods...
by closeshoring | Oct 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Border industry is poised for explosive growth in the next few years, as companies take heed of lessons learned in the COVID-19 pandemic and relocate more production to North America, trade experts say. “We have a huge number of U.S. companies doing business with...
by closeshoring | Oct 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Rosemary Coates, an expert on reshoring says the Texas-Mexico border region can benefit from the COVID-19 induced disruption to the supply chains used by manufacturers in China, calling it a win-win for all. Coates states “we are particularly excited about the border...
by closeshoring | Oct 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Wharton professor Morris Cohen is a leading researcher on reshoring trends involving manufacturing. After decades of offshoring, multinational companies are starting to bring some of their manufacturing and technology operations back to North America. This trend is...
by closeshoring | Oct 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
The pharmaceutical industry has embraced a global supply chain model for decades, seeking cost advantages made available by offshore manufacturing of and access to active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), particularly in Asia. However, supply chain disruptions caused...
