Ready for More Quality US Jobs? See how Reshoring Is HelpingReady for More Quality US Jobs? See how Reshoring Is Helping

The Reshoring Institute offers case studies that show jobs coming back to the US.

Rob Spiegel

November 1, 2021

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According to the Reshoring Initiative, the pandemic spurred a national push to strengthen the domestic supply chain, especially for essential products. This has been driving reshoring numbers higher. If this continues in 2021, reshoring and foreign direct investment job announcements for 2021 are projected to be over 220,000 – 38% above  2020, which already scored the highest yearly rate recorded to date.

Reshoring has been key to the US manufacturing and economic recovery in 2021, according to the Reshoring Initiative. The organization has been offering the Biden administration guidance in developing essential policies, encouraging the development of a stronger skilled workforce, competitive corporate tax and regulatory structures, and a lower US dollar.

There are many reasons for reshoring:

  • The need to keep production close to markets

  • Rising labor costs in Asia

  • Rising costs of shipping

  • Need for a greater skilled workforce

  • Pledges from large retailers (such as Walmart) to buy American produced goods

We have taken case studies from the Reshoring Institute to show the wide range of US companies that are bringing jobs back to the US.

About the Author

Rob Spiegel

Rob Spiegel

Rob Spiegel serves as a senior editor for Design News. He started with Design News in 2002 as a freelancer covering sustainability issues, including the transistion in electronic components to RoHS compliance. Rob was hired by Design News as senior editor in 2011 to cover automation, manufacturing, 3D printing, robotics, AI, and more.

Prior to his work with Design News, Rob worked as a senior editor for Electronic News and Ecommerce Business. He served as contributing editolr to Automation World for eight years, and he has contributed to Supply Chain Management Review, Logistics Management, Ecommerce Times, and many other trade publications. He is the author of six books on small business and internet commerce, inclluding Net Strategy: Charting the Digital Course for Your Company's Growth.

He has been published in magazines that range from Rolling Stone to True Confessions.

Rob has won a number of awards for his technolloghy coverage, including a Maggy Award for a Design News article on the Jeep Cherokee hacking, and a Launch Team award for Ecommerce Business. Rob has also won awards for his leadership postions in the American Marketing Association and SouthWest Writers.

Before covering technology, Rob spent 10 years as publisher and owner of Chile Pepper Magazine, a national consumer food publication. He has published hundreds of poems and scores of short stories in national publications.

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