Tag Archive for: Manufacturing

Reshoring Initiative and Walmart Helping Suppliers Reshore
The Reshoring Initiative recently announced a program in partnership with Walmart to help companies manufacture more consumer products in the United States.
Walmart has committed to increase its U.S. purchases by $50 billion annually by…

U.S. Factories Still Haven’t Recovered From The Recession
It took less than a year for America's factory output to rebound from the 1991 recession. It took 3½ years to bounce back from the 2001 recession. Now, six years clear of the Great Recession, manufacturing output still hasn't returned to…

The Trade Deficit is Responsible for Manufacturing Job Loss
Growing trade deficit and the collapse of manufacturing output following the Great Recession are directly responsible for the loss of 5 million U.S. manufacturing jobs that occurred between 2000 and 2014. As the figure below shows, manufacturing…

Chinese Textile Manufacturers Bring Jobs Back to America
Twenty-five years ago, Ni Meijuan earned $19 a month working the spinning machines at a vast textile factory in the Chinese city of Hangzhou.
Now at the Keer Group’s cotton mill in South Carolina, which opened in March, Ms. Ni is training…

What’s So Great About Manufacturing?
Democrats and Republicans disagree on a lot, but leaders of both parties are as keen now as they were decades ago to embrace manufacturing jobs.
G.O.P. Presidential candidates, including Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, have spoken of a “renaissance”…

South Carolina’s Push to Grow Jobs
CNBC's Phil LeBeau takes a look at South Carolina's efforts to become the nation's new manufacturing hub.
While I am no fan of the Chinese owning Volvo, I am proud of "my" home state showing that manufacturing can be accomplished in America.…

The Next Industrial Revolution Should Happen In America
The ‘Industrial Internet’ is poised to overhaul the way companies manufacture goods, in turn changing our everyday interactions with products.
Imagine yourself five years from now, sitting around a picnic table with a group of friends. One…

Pros and Cons of Outsourcing US Manufacturing Jobs
WHY MANUFACTURING SHOULD RETURN TO AMERICA
There has been a staggering loss of manufacturing jobs in the U.S. since the early 2000s, leaving many formerly booming industrial cities as near ghost towns. While many companies try to justify…

7 Key Facts to Keep in Mind about Walmart’s U.S. Manufacturing Summit
It’s been two and a half years since Walmart announced its so-called “U.S. manufacturing initiative”, which means it’s time for another PR-heavy, Walmart manufacturing “summit,” this one in Bentonville, Arkansas on July…

Made in USA Nike Footwear a Slam Dunk — Some Day
Nike took advantage of the attention generated by President Obama's visit last week to make a bold statement: It would open a footwear factory in the United States, employing 10,000, if an international trade agreement gets approved.
That's…