As costs in China rise and owners look closely at the hassles of using factories 12,000 miles and 12 time zones away, many small companies have decided manufacturing overseas isn't worth the trouble. American production is "increasingly competitive," says Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative, a group of companies and trade associations trying to bring factory jobs back to the U.S. "In the last two years there's been a dramatic increase" in the amount of work returning.
"A decade ago you just went to China. You didn't even look locally," says Ted Fogliani, chief executive officer of Outsource Manufacturing, the San Diego company working with LightSaver. "Now people are trying to come back. Everyone knows they're miserable."
Keywords: international trade, supply chain, supply chain management, logistics & supply chain, repatriation of U.S. manufacturing, reshoring of U.S. manufacturers
