It’s Smart — and Green — to Source Locally
Reprinted from Portsmouth Herald / Seacoastonline.com – May 09, 2011 It was announced recently that the state of New Hampshire has partnered with an online sourcing marketplace to make it easier for...
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Vertical Integration (and the Extended Supply Chain)
When a manufacturer owns or controls its suppliers—often with the aim of managing availability, quality, and cost—that’s called vertical integration. While common practice a century ago, vertical...
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Cheap Energy
The dramatic decline in energy costs has been a significant factor in manufacturing company profitability as well as a boost to so-called reshoring efforts that are bringing manufacturing back from the...
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Is U.S. Manufacturing Still Strong?
It’s hard to find anything positive in the general media about U.S. manufacturing: Hundreds of manufacturing jobs have been “exported to China”. U.S. manufacturing can’t compete. There are no more...
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