Current Practices in Offshoring and Reshoring

Table of contents

1. About This eBook
2. Title Page
3. Copyright Page
4. Acknowledgements
5. Table of Contents
6. Project Background
   1. Supplementary Online Appendices: Survey Results by Industry
7. Executive Summary
8. Introduction
9. Research Approach
   1. Research Questions
   2. Research Method
10. Background Information
    1. Manufacturing in the United States in the Past Twenty Years
    2. Drivers of Home/Nearshoring
    3. Barriers to Home/Nearshoring
11. Findings
    1. Overall Perceived Trends in Manufacturing Location
    2. Overall Perceived Trends in Manufacturing Location by Company Size
    3. Overall Perceived Trends in Manufacturing Location by Industry
    4. Factors that Firms Use to Evaluate Manufacturing Location Decisions
    5. Logistics and Transportation Related Factors
    6. Customer and Supplier Related Factors
    7. External Environmental Factors in Manufacturing Location Decision
    8. Specific Concerns by Region
12. Conclusions
13. Appendix A: Manufacturing, External, and Logistics Factors: Industry Detail
    1. Manufacturing Related Factors that Influence the Manufacturing Location Decision
    2. External Environmental Factors that Influence the Manufacturing Location Decision
    3. Logistics Factors that Affect the Manufacturing Location Decision
14. Appendix B: Research Method and Demographics
    1. Participant Demographics
15. Appendix C: Survey Instrument
    1. Manufacturing Section
    2. Logistics/Transportation Section
    3. Customer/Supplier Section
    4. External Section
16. Endnotes
17. Back Cover