Three Industry Associations have announced the initiative to "re-shoring" various products from Low Cost Country Sources. Many OEMs are heavily focused on lean reducing their internal targets of inventory. They also find it harder to cope with fluctuations in demand when considering off-shoring. Article can be found at Thomas Register Net at linkhttp://news.thomasnet.com/IMT/archives/2010/03/new-initiative-aims-to-raise-profile-of-reshoring-domestic-sourcing-benefits.html?WT.mc_t=blg&WT.mc_n=0310&channel=email#comments
MES, Inc. can reduce or nullify any risk of inventory by offering their domestic warehousing and KANBAN shipments capabilities as a part of their Supply Chain Solutions. We also have quality engineers on the ground monitoring and inspection products and processes at our customers to help reduce the issues related to quality / rejects while dealing with lower cost suppliers in India and China. LCCS / SCM solutions offered by MES can help reduce OEM's "Total Landed Cost" over domestic products from around 20% upto 52%. Contact us and we will evaluate how we can help reduce your total landed cost over domestic production.