Last October I bought three new shovels in anticipation of another cold, snowy winter. The snow and cold never came, and it was 81 degrees here in Boston yesterday. This coming October I will buy a snow blower.
Acquisitions and new software products headline this week’s news.
“Rare Earth Element supply is a supply chain risk management issue, with national security implications…If President Obama and Congress are betting our future on building a green economy, I hope they understand that it’s most critical components are Made in China.”
I wrote those words more than 2.5 years ago in “Our Green Economy is ‘Made in China’,” and after years of rising tensions over this issue, the… Continue reading
There is a lot of talk these days about bringing off-shored manufacturing operations and jobs back to the United States. The narrative is “We have high unemployment in this country, the cost advantage of manufacturing in China and elsewhere is shrinking, and we can’t afford to become even more dependent on foreign countries for manufactured goods, so let’s bring these operations and jobs back home.”
It’s a good, simple-to-understand… Continue reading
Welcome to 2012. Please remain seated with your seatbelt fastened until the year has come to a full and complete stop…
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Guest Commentary: Mexico – Manufacturing Companies Move Toward Near-Sourcing
All eyes are on Mexico as the cost of manufacturing in China rises, forcing businesses to rethink their global sourcing strategies. Companies that once flocked to China because of its massive pool of cheap labor and attractive government incentives are now finding themselves at risk of losing the advantages that brought them to China in the first place. A number of factors are to blame: a diminishing population of low-cost… Continue reading
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