Area Development: A Heightened Focus on Reshoring
This piece discusses supply chain risks in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. A Thomas Industrial Survey conducted in April 2020 found 64% of manufacturers considered themselves "likely" to bring manufacturing production and sourcing back to North America. This represents a 10% increase in reshoring interest since Thomas' March survey.
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Boss Magazine: Made in America
In this article about bringing manufacturing back from overseas, the recent Thomas Industrial Survey was cited: "Thomas survey of 878 North American manufacturers and industrial sector businesses in April found that 64% “are likely to bring manufacturing production and sourcing back to North America,” with 28% saying it’s “extremely likely.” “By embracing real-time resource management, redundancy, reshoring, and the convergence between the digital and physical supply chains, manufacturers will come out of this crisis even stronger than they were before,” Thomas CEO Tony Uphoff said in a statement.
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Small Business Advocate: Impacts of Long-Term Remote Work on Humans
Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to discuss that, while continuous remote working has many organizational and financial benefits, thanks to technology, there will be some impact on the humans, which must be considered in any future plans. Listen below.
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Small Business Advocate: Post-pandemic reshoring benefits to U.S.
Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the pandemic has illuminated vertical exposure in the U.S. supply chain and why there needs to be more scrutiny of it with regard to insuring redundancy as an investment, not an expense. Listen below.
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Small Business Advocate: How Thomas Pivoted - 100% Remote Productivity
Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to continue the report on how his company – in multiple locations – shifted to 100% remote work and how they continue to be as productive as before. Listen below.
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Supply & Demand Chain Executive: Survey Reveals Coronavirus' Impacts on North American Manufacturers
Thomas released a follow-up survey reporting on how the Coronavirus outbreak is affecting U.S. manufacturing. The survey is the second phase of Thomas’ February 2020 survey examined over 1,000 North American manufacturing and industrial suppliers to determine the current impact and learn more about the solutions companies are implementing to meet surging sourcing demands.
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Cloud Wars Podcast: Overcoming the Monetization of Rage - Episode 15
Tony Uphoff share with Bob Evans his thoughts on the monetization of rage that is being seen on social platforms including Facebook. They reflect on how profoundly the tech and media industries have changed over the last several decades. In the sixties, we had a print-based world and a television-based world - and that's it. Today, Facebook and other media companies have changed those dynamics.
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Assembly Magazine: Thomas Survey: Two-Thirds of Manufacturers Likely to Reshore as a Result of Pandemic
A recent Thomas survey reporting on COVID-19's impact on the U.S. manufacturing and industrial sectors reveals that 64 percent of manufacturers report they are likely to bring manufacturing production and sourcing back to North America. Additionally, the survey finds that one in four U.S. manufacturers are considering expanding industrial automation.
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Quality Digest: Automation, Reshoring Likely for North American Manufacturing
The latest Thomas Industrial Survey revealed the ongoing impacts of Covid-19 on North American manufacturing. Unsurprisingly, 89 percent of the 1,000+ North American manufacturers surveyed reported being affected by Covid-19. Business impacts include decreased demand, staffing issues, and fluctuations in the supply of materials and services.
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Forbes: Why Automation Is Crucial To Manufacturing Resiliency
Production lines have been exposed as unable to scale, incapable of reconfiguring to build the things we need most, and often, unfit even to operate in an environment with limited access. According to Thomasnet.com, sourcing for automation equipment has increased 147% year-over-year and is up more than 20% compared to last quarter.
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