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31 Motivations for Reshoring Manufacturing & Updated Reshoring Stats

GlobalTranz

Since 2005, U.S. Foxconn, for example, announced plans to reshore in Pennsylvania, investing $40 million for a mostly automated plant. Overall, from 2001 to 2008 average Asian wages increased 7.1-7.8%, 7.8%, and currently meet or exceed U.S. manufacturing wages have dropped 2.2%. With wages rising abroad, automation , a.k.a.

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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

“You’ve got to tread carefully if you try to ratchet back ease of returns, so that you don’t drive your customer to your competitor,” said Chuck Johnston, who served as Walmart’s senior director of returns between 2005 and 2012 and is now the chief strategy officer at goTRG, a returns management company.

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American Idle

Tailwind

<insert applause here> Our first contender is Big Earl Johnson of Allentown Pennsylvania in his 2005 Peterbuilt. And the winner is Big Earl Johnson of Allentown Pennsylvania Big Earl – what do you have to say about your win? Let’s give it up for Simon Scowl, Paula Abdrool and Randy TireJackson! <insert