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Reshoring Initiative

Quality Cost: The Number One Reason Companies Are Reshoring

While quality cost remains one of the most common offshore problems, it is often overlooked in sourcing decisions.
Sandy Montalbano
Harry Moser
Harry Moser
October 8, 2018

Quality is the most frequently cited reason for reshoring manufacturing to the United States. According to the Reshoring Initiative’s 2017 Data Report, quality cost ranked number one as the most frequently mentioned negative factor experienced offshore from 2010 through 2017.


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reshoring companies

Companies Reshore to Achieve Higher Quality

A dramatically increased rate of reshoring will require a much larger and better trained skilled workforce and more automation.
Harry Moser
Harry Moser Millar Kelley
October 1, 2016

Quality is the most common offshore problem cited by companies who have reshored to the U.S. As reshoring in U.S. manufacturing continues to grow, total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis remains a key, underutilized tool that companies can use to make the best sourcing decisions. 


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Guest Column

The Risks of Offshoring

Beware of pseudo cost savings.
M.C. Pereira
April 1, 2014

Much of offshoring occurred due to corporate failure to do the math, to consider all of the associated costs, strategic impacts and risks. The Reshoring Initiative’s free online Total Cost of Ownership Estimator™ is available to help companies do the math.


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