Thomas News Highlights

Supply Chain Dive: 64% of manufacturers say reshoring is likely following pandemic: survey

As disruptions from the coronavirus pandemic continue to unfold, 64% of companies across the manufacturing and industrial sectors "are likely to bring manufacturing production and sourcing back to North America," to avoid similar difficulties in the future, according to a Thomas survey in April of 878 North American manufacturing and industrial sector professionals.

Converting Guide: Post-COVID-19 manufacturing in America - More reshoring, more automation

Masks, face shields and social distancing won’t be the only things changing about US manufacturing in the post-COVID-19 world. According to a new survey from Thomas,  one in four US manufacturers may expand their industrial automation (possibly fewer workers needed), and a whopping 64% will likely bring production and sourcing back to North America (goodbye, China).

Oracle NetSuite: 7 Actions Manufacturers Need to Take Now

Many manufacturers have been considered essential businesses during stay-at-home orders and have continued to operate, but as the economy starts to re-open more broadly, there are still plenty of factors to consider.

Thomas moves mid-crisis to connect industrial suppliers and buyers during pandemic using FullStory + Optimizely

Julian Gaviria is the head of user experience and part of the product strategy team at Thomas, a B2B marketplace connecting industrial buyers with industrial suppliers. Several weeks ago, as demand for so many products was dropping off a cliff, while demand for critical healthcare products was skyrocketing, he realized that Thomas was perfectly positioned to help.

BISNOW: Two-Thirds Of NA Manufacturers Say They Want To Reshore Operations.

Nearly two-thirds of North American manufacturers say they are likely to bring production and sourcing back to the continent, a new survey by industrial data and tech company Thomas shows. The company surveyed over 1,000 of the continent's manufacturing and industrial suppliers, with the help of business-to-business data gathered on Thomasnet.com.

NEW SURVEY: One in Four North American Manufacturers Considering Automating Due to COVID-19

This press release was issued on May 11, 2020. The release can also be found on Empowering Pumps, Coatings World, Metal Forming Magazine, and Retrofit Magazine.

Cannabis Health Insider: Manufacturers Find Emerging Opportunities in the Cannabis Industry

Businesses are being reached by manufacturers and distributors in the cannabis industry, with their company profile on Thomasnet.com. Buyers are turning to Thomasnet.com for their sourcing needs, from browsing cannabis and medical cannabis packaging suppliers to the private labeling manufacturers to CBD oil suppliers.

Thomas' Tony Uphoff Honored as Connectiv's 2020 McAllister Top Management Fellow

This press release was issued on April 30,  2020 at 2:00 PM via Business Wire . The release can also be found on StreetInsider.

Cloud Wars Podcast: Post-COVID, Can U.S. Manufacturing Soar Again? - Episode 13

Tony Uphoff shares how Thomas created their COVID-19 Resource Hub,  connecting manufacturing companies with PPE-producing capabilities with hospitals and other organizations in need of such equipment. He told Bob Evans that in “normal” times, a project like that might have taken a year. The Thomas team stood this one up in 48 hours.

Watch or listen below.

TechRepublic: How US supply chains can improve operations post-pandemic

While experts say no level of preparedness is capable of handling a pandemic like this one, US supply chains could have been much more resilient and flexible. Tony Uphoff provides commentary about the impact COVID-19  is playing on supply chains and the sourcing data we are seeing on Thomasnet.com.

"If I'm a smart, nimble company, I perhaps have a second and third supplier," he noted, not to reduce capabilities but to spread out the business so that if one goes down capacity can be shifted, "so you don't put all your eggs in one basket."Uphoff said.