Supply Chain
Reshoring to... Mexico?
As I walked the Plastec West Show in Anaheim a little over a week ago and talked with mold builders who were there, I had more than one conversation that revolved around how busy their shops were and about the reshoring of manufacturing that’s going on.
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Apple Employs an Abundance of Skilled Labor – In China
Did anyone see the December 20, 2015, edition of 60 Minutes, which featured an interview of Apple CEO Tim Cook? A colleague brought it to my attention recently and I watched it with great interest because it actually provided a very good view into a very secretive company and covered not only the issues of encryption technology and corporate taxes, but also why the company is not bringing work back to the USA from China.
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Reshoring Remains Strong in 2015
About 200,000 manufacturing jobs have been brought to the U.S. from offshore in the last six years, according to Reshoring Initiative calculations. That gain is the result of both new reshoring and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in our manufacturing sector. However, there has been some negative news about reshoring recently that Harry Moser founder and president of the Reshoring Initiative wants to address.
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Trends Impacting the Supply Chain
The cost of manufacturing and product demand are set to cause financial and business climate changes across the moldmaking industry.
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Metro Mold Redefines Role of Supply Chain Partner
The Minnesota moldmaker has undergone a transformation it says is the result of both organic growth and strategic acquisitions.
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More to Reshore
With all of our past coverage on The Reshoring Initiative, we are excited to promote its latest program in partnership with Walmart, which seeks to help companies manufacture more consumer products in the United States.
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Digital Technology Review and Sourcing Guide Available
Technology sourcing is at your fingertips with MMT's annual guide designed to give you easy access to valuable purchasing information.
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Recruiting & Reshoring, Resources &Recommendations
Although there is a lack of future skilled workers, there is no lack of ways to do our part to help build that future workforce, including a new recruitment tool, a refreshed resource and data on the recruiting/reshoring connection.
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Reduce Part Failure with Melt Delivery Science
The best way to determine when naturally balanced, rheological managed and thermally balanced hot runner solutions are required as a single solution is to examine the science behind each approach.
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Controlling the Melt Delivery System Heat Source
Understanding the heating systems along the melt delivery path is critical to setting up a robust process and properly diagnosing problems.
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