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Talking Materials Handling: Reshoring, Nearshoring and Friend-shoring

How geopolitics is changing where and how you make and source materials. Listen in as Rosemary Coates and Tom Cook explain the changing landscape around manufacturing and sourcing. Executive editor Bob Trebilcock hosts.


Recording Date/Time
Friday, February 16, 2024 3:47PM
Podcast Duraton
00:51:02 hrs/min/sec

Listen in as Rosemary Coates and Tom Cook explain the changing landscape around manufacturing and sourcing. Executive editor Bob Trebilcock hosts.

Reshoring – or bringing back production to North America or relocating it to friendly geographies - has been part of the discussion for almost two years. But the energy around reshoring, nearshoring and friend-shoring has only been amplified in the last few years, the result of trade wars, the pandemic and now political disruption on a global scale.

On this episode of Talking Materials Handling, the Reshoring Institute’s Rosemary Coates (reshoringinstitute.org/staff-member/rosemary-coates/) and Blue Tiger International’s Tom Cook (bluetigerintl.com/our-team), explain how the landscape is changing along with the challenges and benefits of moving your production and sourcing. And if you missed NextGen2023, Rosemary and Tom were among the presenters at last year’s event.

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Bob Trebilcock is the executive editor for Modern Materials Handling and an editorial advisor to Supply Chain Management Review. He has covered materials handling, technology, logistics, and supply chain topics for nearly 30 years. He is a graduate of Bowling Green State University. He lives in Chicago and can be reached at 603-852-8976.
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