Nearshoring, Labor, and Automation

Nearshoring, Labor, and Automation

Robots Answer Shortage of Humans as Manufacturers Relocate

Nearshoring is reducing distances of shipments of export cargo and import cargo in international trade. Nearshoring —in which companies move production facilities closer to their consumer markets—is a phenomenon that appears to have found its footing.

A 2016 annual survey from Alix Partners of manufacturing and distribution companies in North America and western Europe found that 69 percent say they are considering nearshoring—up from 40 percent the year before. More than two-thirds say they’ve nearshored in the past three years or plan to do so in the coming three.One of the drivers […]

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