What Are the True Costs of Offshoring?
Ahvi Spindell There is a growing trend to reshore manufacturing back to the U.S. as managers re-calculate and compare the true total costs of production. Still, there is a range of hidden metrics that are not factored…
The Anti-Manufacturing Forces in Washington
Gilbert B. KaplanFormer Deputy Assistant and Acting Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce Hard as it may be to believe, there are forces in Washington that oppose the revival of the U.S. manufacturing…
Loose Oversight of ‘Made in USA’ Export Certificates Undermines U.S. Business, Experts Warn
John D. Oravecz and Andrew Conte To avoid always having to stamp documents to verify shipments originated in the United States, a chamber of commerce near Chicago's O'Hare airport leases its seals to busy exporters…
Making Manufacturing “Cool” for our Youth
If we want to attract today’s youth to manufacturing careers, We need to make manufacturing “cool,” so they will choose to be part of the modern advanced manufacturing. We need to show them what great career…
Senators Appeal For Military To Buy American Made Athletic Footwear For Soldiers
WASHINGTON, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The following is being released by New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc.:Senators are asking President Obama to apply the Berry Amendment to athletic footwear so that…
Has China's Economy Hit a ‘Dead End’?
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Ansuya HarjaniAssistant Producer, CNBC Asia China's disappointing economic growth that came in at 7.7 percent in the first quarter, when the market was expecting an expansion of 8 percent, is leading to…
Is The Successor To Manufacturing Jobs … Manufacturing?
Can “strategic plans” for different communities help a manufacturing renaissance? (AP)
Jim Tankersley When the factory jobs disappear, what comes next?
That’s one of the most important economic…
New Study Finds China Manufacturing Costs Rising to US Level
Philip LeBeauCNBC Auto and Airline Industry Reporter Walk onto the shop floor at Prince Industries in Shanghai, China and it looks like most other manufacturing plants in this country. It's busy running two shifts,…
Congressman Calls for American Made Clean Energy Equipment
The goods and equipment used in clean energy projects purchased or paid for by federal taxpayer dollars would have to contain 85 percent American-made content, if a bill proposed by Central Valley Rep John Garamendi,…
Is “Buy American” a Domestic Growth Tool or Hindrance?
Al Bredenberg
Many feel that having U.S. consumers and businesses and especially the government buy exclusively American-made products would support domestic jobs and bolster the U.S. economy. But many others argue that…
