{"id":6692,"date":"2014-08-13T10:09:17","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T15:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/?p=6692"},"modified":"2023-11-14T21:17:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T03:17:28","slug":"numbers-show-regain-lead-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/material-handling\/numbers-show-regain-lead-manufacturing\/","title":{"rendered":"Numbers show why US will regain lead in manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The USA is poised to be a manufacturing leader again. US companies are now selling more US-made goods than ever before. Does this sound far-fetched? Hardly. There\u00a0 are a lot of good reasons for the rebound of US manufacturing-the many techniques that have revolutionized material handling and logistics-both key to the success of any manufacturing operation-are paying off for US companies.<\/p>\n

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sophisticated material handling technology has given the edge back to US manufacturers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The idea of \u201cworking smarter, not harder\u201d is working for US companies, writes Ed Romaine<\/a> in a report on ISSDD.cm<\/a>, the blog owned by Integrated System Design Corp. ISDD specializes on the integration of all components of a manufacturing operation, and through its own work, has helped US manufacturers regain a competitive edge in the global marketplace.<\/p>\n

Romaine doesn\u2019t discount the American work ethic as a success factor; but since the American work ethic was still around during US manufacturing\u2019s long, depressing decline the many thought could never be reversed, there had to be other ingredients added to the new recipe of success, he said.<\/p>\n

Labor costs, of course, were a key factor that attracted many firms in the Western world to move plants overseas. Two different dynamics have all but quashed the overseas advantage of the past:<\/p>\n