International Sourcing: Offshore or Near-shore?

摘要

Nearly half of respondents in World Trade/Grant Thornton supply chain survey call offshoring negative to neutral on ROI. In order to continue providing up-to-the moment authoritative coverage of the global supply chain, World Trade has partnered with the well respected consulting firm Grant Thornton to survey sourcing trends within leading U.S. manufacturing companies. In the following excerpt on sourcing practices and trends, Grant Thornton reports that a substantial number of the three-quarters of major U.S. companies currently sourcing internationally have made changes or are planning to make changes to alter supply chains to source closer to home. These changes are being driven by considerations other than price, such as supply chain resiliency and responsiveness, suggesting the many more - and more complex - variables entering into supply chain decisions.