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We want to hear from you! Send us a text message.With U.S. manufacturing facing a potential shortfall of 7.5 million skilled workers, how can we bring jobs back and build the workforce to sustain them?In this episode of The TechEd Podcast, host Matt Kirchner sits down with Harry Moser, founder and president of the Reshoring Initiative, to explore the critical intersection of reshoring manufacturing, workforce development, and technological advancement. With decades of experience in manufacturing and workforce advocacy, Harry shares actionable insights for educators, policymakers, and business leaders aiming to strengthen America's industrial future.From addressing workforce shortages to overcoming supply chain risks, Harry explains the importance of apprenticeships, hands-on learning, and reshoring strategies like total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis. He also reveals why countries like Switzerland excel in workforce preparation and what the U.S. must do to compete.Listen to learn:How reshoring addresses a 45% cost gap with China to protect U.S. supply chains and economic security.Why FAME apprenticeships produce $98K earners within five years, rivaling or exceeding college degree outcomes.How TCO analysis helps manufacturers uncover hidden costs, making U.S. production viable in 50% of cases.What the U.S. can learn from Switzerland, where 60% of students enter apprenticeships & fuel their industrial workforce.How reshoring has grown U.S. manufacturing jobs 25x since 2010—and the critical steps needed to sustain it.3 Big Takeaways from this Episode:1. Reshoring is essential for U.S. economic and national security in an era of global uncertainty.The U.S. faces a 45% manufacturing cost gap with China, but Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis shows that 50% of cases favor reshoring when hidden costs like tariffs and geopolitical risks are factored in. Harry Moser emphasizes the dangers of supply chain disruptions and reliance on foreign manufacturing for critical goods.2. Apprenticeships are a high-earning alternative to traditional college degrees, with faster results.Graduates of programs like FAME earn an average of $98,000 annually within five years, far surpassing many degree holders. They also start earning earlier, graduate debt-free, and enter the workforce with advanced technical skills in high demand.3. The U.S. must address a projected 7.5 million skilled worker shortfall in manufacturing.Harry Moser highlights Switzerland's apprenticeship model, where 60% of students gain hands-on skills through advanced training programs, as an example the U.S. could emulate. Building similar pathways could help meet workforce needs and drive manufacturing growth.Resources in this Episode:To learn more about the Reshoring Initiative, visit: reshorenow.orgTry the Total Cost of Ownership Estimator®Instagram - Facebook - YouTube - TikTok - Twitter - LinkedIn

Harry Moser founded the Reshoring Initiative to help bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. Largely due to the success of the Reshoring Initiative, Harry was inducted into the Industry Week Manufacturing Hall of Fame 2010 and was named Quality Magazine's Quality Professional of the year for 2012. Harry participated in President Obama's 2012 Insourcing Forum at the White House, won the Jan. 2013 The Economist debate on outsourcing and offshoring, and received the Manufacturing Leadership Council's Industry Advocacy Award in 2014. Harry is frequently quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, New Yorker and USA Today and seen on Fox Business, MarketWatch and other national TV and radio programs. He earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering and an MS in Engineering at MIT in 1967, as well as an MBA from the University of Chicago in 1981. Harry and the Reshoring Initiative focus primarily on bringing back as much manufacturing as possible, at the current U.S. level of competitiveness. Secondarily, they work to improve U.S. competitiveness, by advocating for needed policy changes and by strengthening the U.S. skilled workforce. Harry serves on the board of MSSC (Manufacturing Skill Standards Council), a leading manufacturing credentialing organization.

Manufacturing has slowly been leaving China as companies re-evaluate the profitability of the country and weigh the risks of remaining in China versus the benefits. Some of that manufacturing is moving back to the US, but it's also moving to other countries like Vietnam, Mexico and India. In this episode of China Unscripted, we talk about all the reasons companies are moving out, what the US can do to speed up the trend and whether making everything in the US would cause massive and long-term inflation. Joining us in this episode is Harry Moser, the founder and President of Reshoring Initiative, which aims to bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States from overseas.

On today's episode of Moser On Manufacturing, Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative joins Manufacturing Talk Radio Host Lew Weiss for a detailed look at the financial benefits of pursuing a career in manufacturing vs. taking the traditional college route. Harry presents some amazing data on the lifetime earning potential of college students with certain degrees, side by side with a tool and die maker. The results will surprise you.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative, and Manufacturing Talk Radio Host Lew Weiss discuss a litany of critical topics including Artificial Intelligence, the U.S. national debt, and fishing! Don't miss this important episode of Moser On Manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Moser On Manufacturing, Manufacturing Talk Radio Host Lew Weiss and Harry Moser of the Reshoring Initiative discuss how manufacturers can establish Total Cost of Ownership in manufacturing using the Total Cost of Ownership Estimator Estimator. For more information visit https://reshorenow.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. and Manufacturing Talk Radio Host Lew Weiss discuss the current state of reshoring and possible solutions to reducing our $1.2 trillion trade deficit with China.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Moser On Manufacturing, Harry Moser takes a deep dive into the ongoing issue of the skills gap in America. As Harry succinctly states, "Our country has misallocated it resources. Too much education that doesn't lead to a career and not enough training that would lead to career.” Harry and Lew take a close look at the cumulative wealth advantage and lifetime earnings potential for an English major vs a tool a die maker and the numbers will surprise you. Don't miss this important episode of Moser On Manufacturing only on Manufacturing Talk Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reshoring: Is American manufacturing ready?Listen to Harry Moser, President and Founder of the Reshoring Initiative and host Ed Clemente discuss the global movement of manufacturing and workforce. The mission of the Reshoring Initiative is to bring good manufacturing jobs back to the United States by assisting companies to more accurately assess their total manufacturing cost structure and shift their collective thinking from offshoring is cheaper to building local helps reduce the total cost of ownership. Last year alone, reshoring efforts led to over 364,000 jobs bring brought back to the U.S.

In this episode of Moser On Manufacturing, Harry Moser of Reshoring Institute and Lew Weiss, founder of manufacturing Talk Radio and President of All Metals & Forge Group discuss how contract manufacturers can successfully reshore their operations.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Moser On Manufacturing, Harry Moser encourages manufacturers to “buy smarter” by taking a closer look at the true cost of importing goods from overseas vs buying domestically-produced products. The import alternative is not necessarily the most cost-effective solution. Harry shares with us his Total Cost of Ownership Estimator, available at reshorenow.org  to help determine if that import part is really the best option for your manufacturing organization.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This year marks the 21st anniversary of the Mendoza College of Business signature lecture series, Ten Years Hence. We invite you to join with us to see and hear a variety of experts talk about this year's topic, framed around a question: “Is Globalism Dead?”Some of our speakers will say the answer is “yes,” while others will say, “definitely not.” Still others aren't so sure, offering a qualified, “perhaps.” Beginning Friday, January 27, 2023, Harry Moser, joined us to speak on "The Shift from Globalization to Regionalization and Reshoring.” Experience the series virtually with 75 current Notre Dame students in Jordan Auditorium for a session that promises to be engaging, informative, and fun.Speaker:Harry Moser, Founder of The Reshoring Initiative, Member Commerce Department Investment Advisory CouncilThanks for listening! The ThinkND Podcast is brought to you by ThinkND, the University of Notre Dame's online learning community. We connect you with videos, podcasts, articles, courses, and other resources to inspire minds and spark conversations on topics that matter to you — everything from faith and politics, to science, technology, and your career. Learn more about ThinkND and register for upcoming live events at think.nd.edu. Join our LinkedIn community for updates, episode clips, and more.

In this episode of Moser On manufacturing, Harry Moser and Lew Weiss discuss a variety of topics as they relate to reshoring including skilled labor and immigration, and how it relates to the challenge of growing the GDP. As Harry explains, in order to grow the GDP, you need to increase the workforce, production, or ideally both. Harry also talks about Germany's looming energy crisis brought on by their manufacturing industry's reliance on Russian natural gas. Could this result in production moving to the U.S.? All this and more on this episode of Moser On Manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are joined by Harry Moser, the Founder of Reshoring Initiative. Reshoring Initiative is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to spread the “return-manufacturing-home” message to help manufacturers realize that America is an advantageous place to produce goods. He tells us the story of his personal experiences that inspired him to start this industry-led initiative in early 2010 and why offshoring was not the best choice for many companies in the long-term. He also explains why bringing their message to the mainstream is essential to helping manufacturers achieve success in a time of uncertainty due to factors such as COVID-19, natural disasters and political strife. He also speaks on the importance of fostering the skilled trades and why “Manufacturing Is Cool” is the message that they want to emphasize. Connect with Harry Moser in LinkedIn to keep up with industry trends and to see how Reshoring Initiative's expertise can help your company succeed!

Today on Uptime Logistics, Doug Draper of ACME Distribution and the Denver Transportation Club explores the concept of reshoring America's manufacturing with Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative. Created in 2010 as a non-profit, the Reshoring Initiative's goal is to balance the trade deficit of goods that America has with its trading partners.  Harry begins by outlining how the U.S. had a trade deficit of $1.1 Trillion in 2021 . Balancing this would see US manufacturing increase by 40% along with 5 or 6 million new manufacturing jobs. Raising awareness, advocating for policies, and providing pathways to achieve this balanced outcome makes up the work of the Reshoring Initiative. Doug asks more detailed questions about why all of this is important. Harry shares some of Ray Dalio's ideas, along with his own, about the importance of strengthening the US economy and the greater level of confidence created along with that.   They discuss many factors ranging from environmtanl concerns to logistics costs and other considerations. Harry then dives into the methodologies to enables more reshoring, including their calculations of  Total Cost of Ownership. Just by doing the math correctly, about 30% more manufacturing could be easily and economically advantageous to produce in the United States instead of abroad. Today's episode outlines the positive trends we have been seeing over the last 10 years in making progress on reshoring and the positive signals as we look forward to the next 5 and 10 years. Overall, Doug and Harry highlight the importance of reshoring through exploring the reasons why and the methods to achieve this goal. Learn more at: www.reshorenow.org Read the 20 articles Rshoring Series here:  https://reshorenow.org/blog/welcome-to-the-rebuilding-and-reshoring-series Contact Harry Moser at: harry.moser@reshorenow.org (847)867-1144 You can also support the Reshoring Initiative at no extra cost by using this Amazon Smiles link designed for supporting non-profit organizations:  https://smile.amazon.com/ch/45-3289843 Full Blog Post: www.caplogistics.com/uptime-logistics-blog/2022/10/17/solar-energy-projects-for-sustainability-community-uptime-logistics YouTube: https://youtu.be/XvNLUAb-Wsw  

We connect with longtime Assembly Magazine columnist Harry Moser, founder of reshorenow.org. Learn more about the many facets of reshoring in this podcast episode and by visiting Moser on Manufacturing. Sponsored By:

We connect with longtime Assembly Magazine columnist Harry Moser, founder of reshorenow.org. Learn more about the many facets of reshoring in this podcast episode and by visiting Moser on Manufacturing. Sponsored By:

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Meet Harry:Founder of the reshoring initiative after being president of GF machining solutions for 22 years. Awards include industry week's manufacturing Hall of Fame. He's participated actively in President Obama's January 11 2012 insourcing forum. He's a member of the Department of Commerce Investment Advisory Council. He's frequently quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, New York Times New Yorker, and USA Today, and he's seen on Fox Business Market Watch and other programs.Lori: What is the mission of the reshoring initiative?Harry: Basically, to eliminate the $1.1 trillion goods trade deficit, we import over a trillion dollars more than we export. And that has cost the US about 5 million manufacturing jobs. So when we achieve that when we achieve our mission, US manufacturing will increase by 40%. So if to all those who are listening, imagine you all of your businesses were up by 40%. How wonderful that would be for you for the country for your employees for all the kids who would now have would look and say, Wow, manufacturing career, let's go become manufacturers! This would be great for the country.Lori: Absolutely. So why is it important to bring back these jobs to achieve this balance of trade?Harry: Oh, as I said those, just having the jobs is good. If you think of the country's social ills, many people talk about income inequality. And part of that income inequality is that there's a couple of billionaires making a million a year you don't have one end of the distribution. But the biggest cause of it is that in the middle of the income distribution, we've lost those five or 6 million manufacturing jobs that that pay, you know, 50,000 or $100,000 a year, and 10s of 1000s of owners of small machine shops and foundries and things like that, that have gone under so company owners that made 100, 200, whatever, $1,000 for years. So you've had this hollowing out of the middle class significantly due to offshoring, due to the loss of jobs offshore. Another thing you see from that is the opioid epidemic. It's generally agreed that much of that which has occurred in rural America, was due to the company, town, the company, which was the main employer in the town going under for the work going off offshore. Now, these people couldn't find a comparable job, opioids, etc. So just all kinds of reasons why we'll be better off when those jobs come back.Lori: Do you see any trends, any favorable trends that are in our direction? Things going the right way?Harry: Oh. Yeah, I'm happy and chipper here, I wouldn't be otherwise. So when we founded the reshoring initiative in 2010, to track reshoring by US companies, and FDI, foreign direct investment by foreign companies think General Motors and Toyota, for example. So in 2010, when we found it, 6000 jobs were announced coming back, last year, 260,000 were announced. And this year, if things continue as they have in the first half, it could be 350,000. So we're up 5060 times over what it was 12 years ago. So it's been, it's been amazingly pleasing, rewarding, you know, good for the country, etc, etc. But it's still not enough. If you the despite those jobs coming back, the American consumer is so voraciously, consuming things coming in from China and offshore, that the trade deficit is continuing to rise. So we need to bring back 500,000 or so a year to counter that trend. And so it's, there's still, I've still got a lot of work to do.And so much more… Connect with HarryConnect on LinkedIn!

On the latest episode of Moser On Manufacturing, Manufacturing Talk Radio host Lew Weiss and Reshoring Initiative founder Harry Moser discuss the latest trends in reshoring and their impact on the U.S. economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the latest episode of Moser On Manufacturing, Manufacturing Talk Radio host Lew Weiss and Reshoring Initiative founder Harry Moser discuss the latest trends in reshoring and their impact on the U.S. economy. Harry discusses some of the surprise effects of reshoring, both environmental and economic, the number of jobs that have been restored, and what you can do to participate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to episode #86 of the Augmented Podcast (@AugmentedPod (https://twitter.com/AugmentedPod)). Today's episode will be a reflection on Season 2. Join host and futurist Trond Arne Undheim (@trondau (https://twitter.com/trondau)) as he reflects on season 2 of the Augmented podcast, diving into a few highlights from the season. Augmented reveals the stories behind the new era of industrial operations, where technology will restore the agility of frontline workers. Technology is changing rapidly. What's next in the digital factory? Who is leading the change? What are the key skills to learn and how to stay up to date on manufacturing and industry 4.0? Augmented is a podcast for industrial leaders, process engineers, and shop floor operators, hosted by futurist Trond Arne Undheim (@trondau (https://twitter.com/trondau)), and presented by Tulip Interfaces (@tulipinterfaces (https://twitter.com/tulipinterfaces)), the frontline operations platform. In Season 2 we honed in, covering a specific topics relevant to manufacturing, such as marketing, frontline operations, reshoring, digital lean, startups, supply chains, pricing strategies, the manufacturing software market workers, the low code/no- code issue, diagnostic manufacturing, operational data, life science manufacturing systems, the industrial tech transformation outlook, the future factory, the evolution of lean, and industrial interoperability. As you can see, these ranged from technical topics to HR to investing to management principles--all of which go into operating and innovating in manufacturing and industrial tech. Guests featured in this episode: Joe Sullivan (@sullivan_joe (https://twitter.com/sullivan_joe)), host of The Manufacturing Executive podcast and founder of Gorilla 76 (@gorilla76 (https://twitter.com/gorilla76)) Lydia M. Di Liello (@LydiaDiLiello (https://twitter.com/LydiaDiLiello)), CEO and founder of Capital Pricing Consultants, and co-host of The WAM Podcast: Empowering Women in Manufacturing and Business. (@wam_podcast (https://twitter.com/wam_podcast)) Yossi Sheffi (@YossiSheffi (https://twitter.com/YossiSheffi)), Director, MIT Center for Transporation and Logistics (@MITSupplyChain (https://twitter.com/MITSupplyChain)) Harry C. Moser (@reshorenow (https://twitter.com/reshorenow)) founder and President of the Reshoring Initiative Dr. Gunter Beitinger (@beitgugb (https://twitter.com/beitgug)) (@Siemens (https://twitter.com/Siemens)) SVP of Manufacturing at Siemens AG, Head of Factory Digitalization and Head of Product Carbon Footprint/SiGreen Thanks for listening. If you like the show subscribe to augmentedpodcast. co or on your preferred podcast player. And rate us with 5 stars. If so, let us know by messaging us your thoughts. Hopefully, you'll find something awesome in this show or in other episodes. Please, if you do, let us know by messaging us. We would love to share your thoughts with other listeners. The Augmented podcast is created in association with Tulip, the connected frontline operations platform that connects the people, machines, devices, and the systems used in a production or logistics process in a physical location. Tulip is democratizing technology and empowering those closest to operations to solve problems. Tulip is also hiring. You can find Tulip at Tulip.co (https://tulip.co/) Please share this show with colleagues who care about where industrial tech is heading. To find us on social media is easy, we are Augmented Pod on LinkedIn and Twitter, and Augmented Podcast on Facebook and YouTube: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/augmentedpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AugmentedPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AugmentedPod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5Y1gz66LxYvjJAMnN_f6PQ See you next time. Augmented--industrial conversations that matter. Special Guests: Dr. Gunter Beitinger, Harry C. Moser, Joe Sullivan, Lydia M. Di Liello, and Yossi Sheffi.

Today we're honored to have the esteemed Harry Moser join us to talk about his worthy mission to balance America's goods trade deficit! Harry is the founder of Reshoring Initiative, after being the president of a machine tool maker GF Machining Solutions for about 22 years. His awards include Industrial Week and AME Manufacturing Halls of Fame, SPE's Mold Designer of the Year, and Fab Shop Directors Manufacture of the Year. He's participated actively in President Obama's 2012 Insourcing Forum at the White House and is also a member of the Department of Commerce Investment Advisory Council. He's spoken at numerous conferences and events and has frequently been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, New York Times and seen on national TV and radio programs. In this episode, we dive into the societal problems and lack of industrial policy that has gotten us here, before taking a look at the impact of Trump and Biden's rule so far and what we've learned. The conversation then turns to two important ways Reshoring Initiative helps manufacturers buy smarter and sell smarter, as well as some great ways to help the consumer access and prioritize Made in America products! Harry also brings the data and tools to push a much-needed facelift from the 'dirty' stigma of manufacturing to the 5 S's: shiny, safe, spotless, surging, steady, and outlines the part that colleges (and social media) should play in this reinvigoration drive. We hope you can join us to hear his valuable insight on what leadership can do today inside their companies to push these crucial initiatives!

On today's episode host Harry Moser discusses with Lew Weiss how manufacturers measure competitiveness by comparing delivery, quality, and price and why U.S. manufacturers keep losing out on price. Harry looks closely at how the U.S. lost its edge and the path back to global manufacturing leadership. Harry also explains how companies could bring back up to 30% of what we import without raising their prices or negatively impacting their profits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest BioInductee to Industry Week's Manufacturing Hall of Fame 2010 (http://www.industryweek.com/iw-manufacturing-hall-fame/2010-iw-manufacturing-hall-fame/gallery?slide=5) for service to the industry via the Reshoring Initiative and skilled workforce development. Participated actively in President Obama's 1/11/12 Insourcing Forum at the White House. Credited by the U.S. Commerce Dept. Chief Economist for launching the reshoring trend. Developed the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Estimator, used by thousands to reevaluate offshoring decisions. C-level executive with experience transforming a company from 6th in its industry to 1st in 8 years. Created a unique positive corporate image by a combination of programs to support the industry's goals and provide industry-leading customer service.Main Discussion Points Understanding the opportunities and challenges of reshoring. How do we incentivize more companies to reshore? How do we solve the labor shortages in manufacturing? Theme: ReshoringManufacturing Hub Episode 60.Recommended Materials Give Your Speech, Change the World Reshoring Initiative Connect with Us Harry Moser Vlad Romanov Dave Griffith Manufacturing Hub Let Us Know What You ThinkIf you enjoyed the show, it would mean the world to us if you could leave us a review: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/manufacturing-hub/id1546805573#manufacturing #automation #reshoring

In this episode, Harry Moser, president of the Reshoring Initiative, who has over 55 years of experience in the manufacturing industry, including 25 years as president of GF AgieCharmille talks about manufacturing, supply chain, FDI, international trade, and so on. We talked about the Reshoring Initiative's mission, why he started it, and why he's so enthusiastic about helping businesses realize the benefits of reshoring.   https://theleaneffectpodcast.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TheLeanEffectPodcast https://www.facebook.com/groups/272448766629082/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-lean-effect-podcast/ Insta: @theleaneffectpodcast Twitter @EffectLean Guest:  Harry Moser https://www.linkedin.com/in/harry-moser-58a8024/ harry.moser@reshorenow.org Host: Mark Dejong: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-de-jong-investor-lean-advisor-0288695/ Mark@4ppartners.ca https://www.4ppartners.ca Phone: 1-778-807-9691

For more than a decade, Harry Moser, founder and CEO of the Reshoring Initiative (www.reshorenow.org), has been an industry leader and champion for reshoring products and jobs that went overseas. He has spoken at industry conferences, trade shows, and in the halls and offices of government across the country to deliver his message to bring back products and jobs to America. Now, Harry lends his voice to the national discussion in his own podcast, Moser on Manufacturing, produced by JacketMediaCo.com. In this episode, Harry talks about the various government agencies available to manufacturers to reshore products and jobs, and the competitive, bottom-line benefits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harry Moser, Founder and President of the Reshoring Initiative, discusses what is happening in manufacturers bringing production, and jobs, back to America. Offshoring, particularly to Asia, has lost much of its cost benefits, especially with wages in China rising and the loss of intellectual property. The mood of America towards products produced in China has shifted from ambivalent to averse. Learn how these changes can position your company to win by listening to Moser of Manufacturing, the newest show in the JacketMediaCo line-up of industry-leading podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we speak with Harry Moser, president of the Reshoring Initiative. Harry has 55 years of experience in the manufacturing industry, including 22 years as president of GF Machining Solutions. He received his bachelor's degree in Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He spoke with us about why he founded the nonprofit Reshoring Initiative, and why he's passionate about helping companies understand the value of reshoring. 

Harry Moser of the Reshoring Initiative sat down with Reed Miller to discuss the situation with reshoring, especially as it pertains to recent experience and current events. We also cast some vision for 2022 and beyond. Listen now to take advantage of this enlightening discussion.

CFA Society Chicago member Rich Excell, CFA, brings back Harry Moser, founder of non-profit Reshoring Initiative, to discuss the current problems occurring with supply chains and how companies can address them. Connect with Rich on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/richexcellcfa/ and Twitter @ExcellRichard  Connect with Harry on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/harry-moser-58a8024/ Visit the Reshoring Initiative's website - www.reshorenow.org For more episodes go to www.cfachicago.org/podcasts This podcast is provided for general information purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. The views are those of the speakers and not those of CFA Society Chicago.

Harry Moser, President of the Reshoring Initiative, how we fix reshoring to capture the opportunities for reshoring, even in the face of labor shortages that add to the growing number of job openings in the industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harry Moser, President of the Reshoring Initiative, discusses the challenges of reshoring, and what is happening in the manufacturing industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's The Faces of Business Episode, our guest speaker was Harry Moser. Harry is the founder of the Reshoring Initiative. His organization promotes awareness and education to help businesses reshore manufacturing work into the US.   You can find out more about us on our website You can visit our blog page for this episode Email us for more information info@exityourway.us

On this episode of Feudal Future,  hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by JR Turner, managing director of the Americas, Michelle Comerford, project director and industrial supply chain practice leader, and Harry Moser, founder and president of  The Reshoring Initiative. The panel takes a deep dive into reshoring. “Reshoring” is the practice of bringing manufacturing and services back to the United States from overseas. This process can help balance trade and budget deficits, reduce unemployment by creating well-paying manufacturing jobs, and develop a skilled workforce.Michelle Comerford develops corporate location strategies and executes site selection projects for BLS & Co.'s manufacturing and distribution clients.  Based in Cleveland, Michelle has worked across a range of industries during her 13-year career.  She is an expert in transportation/logistics cost analysis, and has advised numerous clients on site selection decisions with an emphasis on supply chain network optimization, inbound and outbound transportation costs, and customer service requirements.Harry Moser founded the Reshoring Initiative to help bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. Largely due to the success of the Reshoring Initiative, Harry was inducted into the Industry Week Manufacturing Hall of Fame 2010 and was named Quality Magazine's Quality Professional of the year for 2012. Harry participated in President Obama's 2012 Insourcing Forum at the White House, won the Jan. 2013 The Economist debate on outsourcing and offshoring, and received the Manufacturing Leadership Council's Industry Advocacy Award in 2014.JR Turners partnership with Chargeurs has a presence in 90 countries, which performs as a global leader in industrial niche markets of 4 core business: Temporary surface protection, Technical garment interlining, Technical textiles functionalisation, and high-end Merinos fibers. The Group employs more than 2000 collaborators in 45 countries, over 5 continents. Its 4 business lines capture outstanding expertise, the power of innovation, high technical skills, performance and sustainable development.Join the 'Beyond Feudalism' Facebook group to share your story, ask questions and connect with other citizen leaders: https://www.facebook.com/groups/beyondfeudalismTweet thoughts: @joelkotkin, @mtoplansky, #FeudalFuture #BeyondFeudalismLearn more about Joel's book 'The Coming of Neo-Feudalism': https://amzn.to/3a1VV87Sign Up For News & Alerts: http://joelkotkin.com/#subscribeThis show is presented by the Chapman Center for Demographics and Policy, which focuses on research and analysis of global, national and regional demographic trends and explores policies that might produce favorable demographic results over time.

Episode 27 of The Full Potential Podcast features Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative. We discuss his career in manufacturing and the work he does today leading a non-profit. Harry shares some fantastic advice for early career individuals looking to get into the manufacturing industry. We also learn how Harry's passion for manufacturing led him to be the president and chairman of a company that had over $100M in revenue his last year leading the organization. In retirement, Harry hasn't slowed down and still focuses on manufacturing leading his non-profit, the Reshoring Initiative. This organization is a non-profit that helps bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. by providing free tools for manufacturers to compare the costs of offshored and domestically sourced work. To connect with Harry, visit his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harry-moser-58a8024/ To connect with the Reshoring Initiative, visit their website: https://reshorenow.org/

Reed Miller had the opportunity to again (see our 3/23 podcast) talk with Harry Moser of the Reshoring Initiative. Harry provided a July column, and we discussed a variety of topics. China was one of those topics, and Harry offered some interesting insight and inside information later in the podcast as to actions China might be considering.  How should you and your company be preparing?

Should retailers source goods in the U.S. or abroad? JLL supply chain and logistics consultant Rich Thompson and JLL retail lead Naveen Jaggi join Harry Moser, President of the Reshoring Initiative, to discuss the resurgence of American manufacturing and what reshoring means for retail and e-commerce. James Cook is the director of retail research in the Americas for JLL.  Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts Listen: WhereWeBuy.show  Alexa: Say "Enable the Where We Buy skill" Email: jamesd.cook@am.jll.com  Leave a message on the Where We Buy hotline. We may use it on an upcoming show. Call (602) 633-4061  Read more retail research here:  http://www.us.jll.com/retail Theme music is Run in the Night by The Good Lawdz, under Creative Commons license.

Host Tom Appel and co-hosts Jill Ciminillo and Damon Bell start the show by discussing Jeep's new Grand Cherokee L three-row SUV. Harry Moser, Founder of the Reshoring Initiative, joins us to talk about his non-profit organization's efforts to bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States. Tom has another quiz for Damon and Jill, and Damon runs down the latest articles on the Consumer Guide Daily Drive blog--including a First Spin review of the Jeep Grand Cherokee L and a test-drive review of the 2021 Nissan Rogue Platinum.

If we want to balance America's $800 billion trade deficit, we need to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. — 5 million manufacturing jobs to be exact. The ancillary benefits would be enormous. We'd reduce CO2 emissions 40-50%, slash the budget deficit, improve unemployment, and bolster national defense. What's stopping us? In this episode of The Manufacturing Executive, Harry Moser, Founder of the Reshoring Initiative, talks about his mission to bring 5 million manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. Here's what Harry and I discussed: Why the U.S. needs its manufacturing jobs back What Harry's Total Cost of Ownership calculator can tell executives about the benefits of reshoring How reshoring can help eliminate the trade deficit To ensure that you never miss an episode of The Manufacturing Executive, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, or Spotify, or here. Listening on a desktop & can't see the links? Just search for The Manufacturing Executive in your favorite podcast player.

Meet Mike Mike graduated in 2015 from William Paterson University, where he studied New and Digital Marketing Methods. During his senior year, he accepted an internship at an advertising agency that specialized in marketing for manufacturing and logistics companies. This is where he developed his passion for manufacturing that ultimately led him to the New Jersey Manufacturing Extensions Program where he can actively make a difference and support the industry. Why are you advocating so vigorously for the manufacturing industry? It kind of goes off of the fact that it's been stigmatized. Manufacturing, when people think about it, they think the dark, dirty, dangerous facilities in the Henry Ford videos of the assembly line where right now it's so beyond that image, where it without talking about advocating for it, students, young adults won't know that the industry average salary in New Jersey is over $94,000 a year. That impact on the nation of high-paying jobs, the impact to the GDP of the nation itself is just too important to forget about or let dwindle. So those factors really are the sole reason why people need to speak up for manufacturing and get that underappreciated opportunity in the forefront, where there's so much opportunity, there's so much value for the workers, the communities, the states, the nation. Without advocating for it, it's just gonna get forgotten because when I was in school, I was told that all manufacturing went overseas. So I didn't look at the industry and I think that was a miss. But glad I made it to where I can actually talk about it and engage with students and engage with the local communities to make sure people know about the opportunities. How can manufacturers ensure the success of their business and the industry as a whole here in the US? It goes back to advocacy. Stay engaged with the local community, and really the local government, because, in New Jersey, the legislature thought that all manufacturing moved. They're lawyers, they're business people and professional services, they're not necessarily manufacturers, so they didn't know the industry existed, especially to the extent it does, where New Jersey has over 11,000 manufacturing and stem firms. So if manufacturers get engaged, speak up and come together at events, you have an opportunity to convince or at least showcase the value of the industry to let the local government know where they can create legislation and bills, and laws to support the industry. What you put in is what you get out of it. If you're looking internally, you can look forward and really take into consideration of continuous improvement mindset. That continuous improvement mindset could be that advocacy push, that engagement, always trying to improve how you engage with your local community or your production line. How can you advance yourself to really kind of drive your own business forward in a way? It's not all new tech, but there is a lot of new tech involved too so don't be turned away by buzzwords where the buzzwords are really, at least pieces of stuff you can implement today. Systems, automation processes, robotics that you can implement today. Lastly, never, never, ever be too busy to approve. That's my biggest thing. If you're too busy to improve, you're just going to keep on taking steps backward. It's not going to stay the same, you're not going to continue that growth. You're always going to have to improve and find that time to take those steps forward.  Can the manufacturing industry benefit from Digital networking tools to help promote themselves in the industry? It doesn't necessarily have to be that much of a shift off of improving your business or improving your standing within the state in terms of an industry because digital tools are all a different way that you can kind of get the word out there and advocate for yourself, find and connect with thought leaders who might have some insight of how you can find continuous improvement for yourself in business. So you can look inwards, and again, look towards the community, look towards the government and figure out different ways that you can promote yourself as a thought leader or connect with people that are thought leaders in the industry to learn from speak up about. Also, USA manufacturing hour on Twitter is a great chat, #USAMFGHOUR. It happens every Thursday, it's a big community of manufacturers that come together, they all talk on Twitter answered questions on a specific topic and it's just a great networking opportunity. You can use these digital tools like Twitter, or even if you want to look at automation, for continuous improvement, use these digital tools to really bolster your business, bolster your brand, bolster your image, and get the most out of what these technologies can offer. It doesn't just have to be kind of a superficial thing, it really could be a tool to be used to improve your manufacturing operation as a whole. Can you share with us one of your most successful or favorite networking stories that you've had? It goes back to the USA Manufacturing Hour and maybe it's not my most successful, but it's a great kind of case study for how networking can kind of evolve. So we were doing one of these Twitter chats, which evolved into a zoom mixer, and everyone's going around the zoom call introducing themselves and I was kind of just writing names down that resonated with me. The conversations were great, the breakout sessions were great, but one name and one person and one company in there really stood out. They seem familiar so I reached out and direct messaged them in the zoom chat and as I hit send, they hit send and we connected. We had a meeting after the zoom chat and we're talking both in manufacturing marketing spaces, different mediums. I'm copy communications, they were digital and photography and video. We were just talking and we realized we ended up knowing the same people, actually family friends from when we were children. So how weird that is, and how funny that is in and of itself is just an interesting story of how connections are made. But it actually turned into a pretty good friendship and because we are all in that same networking circle, we've actually been able to create this great professional relationship where we share ideas, share contacts, and it's astonishing how many of the same people we knew, or how many people that I've been engaged with, that they've been trying to get in touch with, and vice versa. So we really became this great little team of just friends that are in the same industry, after the same kind of work, and have been able to bounce ideas back and forth and really grow our network together. So because of that, it really helped expand our reach. We've had actually, national news networks reach out to us because of the engagement that we've been able to do and the PR that we've been able to put out through these networking events. So it really goes to show that a small coincidence of how it took an hour of my time today to get on that mixer to really kind of expand the reach in a big, big way. As you continue to meet new people and expand and grow your community, how do you stay in front of them and best nurture these relationships? I love to do reminders on my Outlook calendar. Sometimes I'll just put a, "Hey, let's just throw a time on the calendar in the next quarter," we'll connect we'll touch base, we'll shoot an email back and forth to see if there's a reason to get on a call. It really is just constant maintenance. That's a challenging part of any relationship, right? That nurturing, staying engaged, but the digital tools that we have are just fantastic. We have the Outlook calendar, we have LinkedIn, we have Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, it's easy to keep on sharing content. You know what? When they pop up on my newsfeed, and I haven't spoken to them in a while, I'm gonna shoot him a text to see if everything's good has business. But also creating opportunities to re-engage. We have Manufacturing Matters, our quarterly magazine that takes contributors, advertising opportunities, and it's great. Every quarter there's new reasons to reach out to new contacts that we've made over the quarter, over the year, over the decade, and reach out say, "Hey, do you want to contribute an article? How's everything going?" So it's about creating your own reasons to reach out, opportunities, content that is mutually beneficial, has been the most beneficial, and of course, utilizing those digital tools that we have at our fingertips. What advice would you offer the business professionals looking to grow their network? Get out there, talk to Lori, get connected with the local communities and also your social communities? When I first started going to Manufacturer Hour, I said to myself, "There's no way there's going to be a Twitter following per manufacturer." Not only was I wrong, there already was, but getting engaged and getting actively engaged in it helped it grow and it just snowballs. You'd be so surprised how many places there are for niche industries. So just going out and doing a quick Google search, a quick networking event. Just go out there and talk to people, that's really everything. Whether it's on Twitter, whether it's on LinkedIn, stay consistent with it and really educate yourself so when you have those meetings, you have those conversations where you can provide value and then they can provide value back. So it's a two-way street there. If you could go back to your 20-year-old self, what would you tell yourself to do more or less of or differently with regards to your professional career? That's a good question. Probably fewer video games and TV. More industry publications and case studies. Education is everything and staying plugged in with the industry is everything. I was lucky enough to start my career in this specific space at 22 so that's really where I kind of dove in and started learning about the industry and reading all those articles. I would also tell myself to take a few more English classes and writing classes to hone that in and even more so because right now, content is always king, whether it's video, audio, or written! So any production courses that you can use to produce your own content, whether it's an article on LinkedIn, a quick little video that you're going to shoot and share to your network. Learning the industry, I would put that number one, and then two, anything that can help you my 20-year-old self produced better, more consistent content. We've all heard of the six degrees of separation. Who would be the one person that you'd love to connect with and do you think you can do it within the sixth degree? I know exactly who! Jim Womack, no relation by the way. They call him the godfather of Lean Manufacturing which is a methodology that helps cut out waste in a production operation. When I was learning about the industry reading about Lean, it's a great topic for manufacturers because it's a great way to do more with fewer people and fewer resources. The name Womack kept on popping up, my own last name, and I was so confused and then Jim Womack ended up being the person that really kind of brought Lean to the forefront in America from Japan. So I know Harry Moser actually owns a house right next to him so I think I can get him.   Connect with Mike   Website: http://www.njmep.org/  Email: mwomack@njmep.org

Meet Curt   Kurt Anderson founded an e-commerce company in 1995 that was ranked three times on the Internet Retailer Magazine's Top 1000 E-Commerce Companies. Since selling that company, Kurt has served as an e-commerce consultant serving manufacturers. He is the author of Stop Being The Best Kept Secret, and founder of b2btail.com an e-commerce resource guide for manufacturers.   How does a custom manufacturer enter the e-commerce market?   Certainly, as we all know, in this world that we're living in today, everything has drastically changed. So a little different dynamic, prior to 2020 and now there's a tremendous sense of urgency. So with e-commerce, as I'm looking out my window, the UPS man just left and dropped off an Amazon package. So Amazon most manufacturers, especially that custom side where they don't have a proprietary product or a finished good, you're like, "Well, hey, I'm left out of that e-commerce party." Original equipment manufacturers that had those finished goods are an easier slide-in for them and it's much more challenging for the custom manufacturer. So the custom manufacturer, they bend metal, they cut steel, fabricate something, injection, mold, printed circuit boards, you know, they're always making something for somebody else. So the preach that I have is how do you scale your proprietary process? Because what these custom manufacturers have over the years, they've perfected a proprietary process, and it's just trying to walk them through the steps of how do we convert that proprietary process into a proprietary good?   How would you answer that question?   A big thing with e-commerce, and again, if you look at your company, your website like you guys do an amazing job helping your clients with pay per click, SEO, trying to be found, trying to help them stop being the best-kept secret, right? And you're an expert at that lead generation so I think one myth to dispel is so many of those custom manufacturers that well e-commerce is Amazon at my door. No, it's actually Lori coming in and her team and helping you with that lead gen and driving that traffic to their website. Now if they're going after again, I'd been metal I cut steel. You know this, you know, you're a keyword expert. If you go really broad, man, you're still gonna be the best-kept secret. It's so hard to be found for CNC machining, or fabricating metal but if you do CNC machining for turbine engines because I'm in the northwest and I'm in the supply chain of aerospace or I bend metal for tractors and I'm trying to find and target  Caterpillar or something. So I think like going after those long-tail keywords and for you and I speak in the SEO language, we're trying to help them with that keyword strategy by going deep in what you and I call those longtail keywords. That longtail keyword is the opportunity for the e-commerce opportunity. So it's actually it's that 80-20 rule where they're like, "Hey, tell me about your business," And we're like, "We crank out these little trinkets and our 80-20 rule, 80% comes from the 20%." Where is that 20% and can we start creating an e-commerce opportunity? Could we put those products actually, on your website? Could we take those products and put them on an online marketplace? That's kind of the process of getting into that e-commerce opportunity here.   So you've mentioned Amazon and a couple of other marketplaces. Do you recommend that manufacturers use those?   I'm super bullish on the online marketplaces for manufacturers and again, from the OEM side, that original equipment manufacturer, absolutely. So you've got Digi key, which if you're in the electrical field in any capacity, they have a great marketplace. We've talked about Zorro, you have like McMaster car. And then of course the big granddaddy of them all Amazon. Here's a scary thing, so we do a lot of webinars with the manufacturing extension partnerships, if you're familiar with those, the MEP, so they're all over the country. So I do a lot of webinars at a lot of different MEPs. So actually today, we're in the midst of doing a 12 part webinar series at IMAC, which is the Illinois MEP. And our speaker today was Brian Beck who is just a phenomenal Amazon guru. He wrote a book called Billion Dollar b2b E-Commerce so he spoke today at Illinois, he shared that 70% of product search is now started on Amazon. So even if you're a custom manufacturer and you're like, "Oh, well, you know what, that's not for me, or I don't need to be on Amazon." If there's an ideal client out there that's looking for the product that you make every day and you're denying yourself by not being on Amazon, you've just lost basically a 70% opportunity of being found for that product. So that's scary.   Do you have manufacturers using any sort of configurators to allow customers to really customize offerings that they have?   I'm a big baseball fan so I'll use a baseball analogy. So configurators or rate, my strike zone. I am so bullish on configurators for manufacturers and what this does, and again, with like the services that you and your team provide what you do, this is what I always preach, and I'm sure you love it, and this is what you do with your clients. I'm always preaching to them how do you help that ideal client? That buyer at Boeing, the buyer at Caterpillar, maybe it's just another small custom job shop. How do we get our soul mates to make a buying decision on a Friday night at midnight, without having to wait for us to open up our doors on a Monday morning? So with that strategy, that configurator is just such a powerful example. In my book, I go through a step-by-step how a small custom manufacturer uses a configurator and they're connecting with Virgin Hyperloop, Boeing, Halliburton, just again, allowing buyers to come on their website, configure and create their product 24/7. It was super easy, it was super cheap. This was a manufacturer he's a digital immigrant, very resistant to technology, very resistant to change and we put up a configurator and he's just blown away by the opportunities that this configurator has created. When your custom job shop, you're almost like, "Hey, let's just take everything that walks in the door." But when you narrow that down, we talked about that long-tail key strategy, what are your true core strengths? If you can apply it with a configurator and there's a lot of companies that are doing amazing work with configurators your neighbors right in Wisconsin.    Can you share with our listeners one of your favorite networking stories or experiences that you've had?   So you and I do a lot of educating, a lot of webinars and what have you, and what I love when you open up your podcasts, you talk about who you know. So I do a lot of LinkedIn workshops at MEPs (manufacturing extension partnerships) and different trade groups. I have a slide and I say we grew up hearing "Hey, it's not what, you know, it's who you know." With LinkedIn, I like to take it one step further. It's not what you know, it's not who you know, it's what you know about who you know. So, Lori and I were just talking earlier, and Lori has volunteered and offered to be on our weekly webinar series. Lori and I connected and immediately we're both bouncing back and forth. One of the first people that came to mind was Harry Moser, and Harry if you're manufacturing Boy, you know, Harry. He is the official cheerleader of US manufacturing. And so I know he was just on your podcast, he's coming up on our webinar. Just a lot of people love his mission, what he's pushing out and he's a delight to know. So that's a great example of networking. I could share dozens of others, but I was just thrilled when I saw that he was on your podcast, and how we're building this community to help support manufacturers together.   How do you stay in front of and nurture the network that you've created?   I think we both have a hunger for that education piece of sharing. I never ever claim myself self to be an expert, I've just been in e-commerce since 1995. So that means two things, it means I'm an old dude and I have a lot of war wounds and scars and tons of mistakes that I've made that I love to share with folks of what not to do as much as things of what to do. So, again, jumping on podcasts with great people like you, a lot of webinars. You know, as I mentioned, with the manufacturing, extension partnerships, I work with a lot of the MEPs around the country, we do our Friday webinar series, it's free every single Friday. So just really beating that drum pretty heavy of helping manufacturers. A big initiative that we're doing, we started this Co-Op it's, it's called E-Commerce Management and the big drum that we're beating is how do you help manufacturers? How can we teach them to fish? So many people have been burnt with bad marketing, and I've had examples where a manufacturer will hire a PPC firm for 50 grand a year and have zero results because of bad keywords and I'll do an audit on what they're doing and it's just sad. So what we've been really preaching is with the MEPs that we're working with, we're starting a do it with you model of how can we help the manufacturers that have a marketing team, and teach them how to fish and even some of the marketing folks that are at manufacturers are a little bit more sophisticated, and they're like, "Well, you know what, I don't necessarily need someone to teach me how to fish but boy, I could learn some new fishing spots, or some new fishing strategies," if you will. So they feel alone in a silo and then what the great thing is, is building them up, and then handing them off to a firm like yourself to get that high-level professional nurturing that they need for the folks that need a firm like yours, but they're just hesitant because they're hearing these horror stories. Well, if you can teach them a little bit and do it with them, then they're like, "Okay, this is like trying to build my bathroom or my kitchen on my own. It's fun, it sounded great on paper, but now I need the professional to come in and help me."   What advice do you have for that business professional who's really looking to grow their network?   If you're in a b2b space, and because I'm an older dude, I'm a LinkedIn junkie. That's how I make a living, that's where my connections are, there are just amazing people of high integrity. The thing is, it's just like in person, you know, Lori, you're super active on your profile with nonprofit groups in your community, and you gravitate towards certain people pre COVID when we could go out and play and socialize. You gravitate towards certain people that have the same values and people that you respect or admire, or even people that are at a place where you're like, "You know what? I want to get to where they are," and you gravitate towards those people. On LinkedIn, you can do the exact same thing you can weed out through some of the clutter, or some of the folks. I tell everybody, I'm not for everyone, I know that. But for the manufacturer that wants to be e-commerce, I hope I'm your guy. How can we resonate and connect and help lift each other up? So my long-winded answer is I'm a big LinkedIn guy. I think it's a great place for b2b connections.   So if you could go back to your 20-year-old self, what would you tell yourself to do more or less of or differently with regards to your professional career?   I try to live in the present so I try not to dwell on the past too much. Maybe I'll be cliche and say don't sweat the small stuff, don't do this, don't do that. But I think if I were to go back to my 20-year-old self, I would tell myself to have a sense of urgency on a daily basis because it doesn't cost you anything. It doesn't have to add anxiety or stress. You're a great athlete, you're super involved with your community with hockey and I haven't seen you play, but I'm assuming that you're probably pretty aggressive. I always have the saying, "Hey, you know, can we leave it all in a field?" For you, can you leave it on the ice? So for us as professionals, if I were to go back to my 20-year-old Kurt, I'd be like, "Dude, just give everything you've got every day, it doesn't cost you a penny to work harder." Of course, work smarter, I'm not saying working longer hours or seven days a week, but just come in an unapologetic enthusiasm for what you do. So that would be my advice.   Do you have any final words of advice for our listeners with regards to growing and supporting your network?   Kudos to you for listening to this podcast so you're looking to grow you're looking to improve. This digital sprint that we're in right now is not going to slow down anytime soon. So you know link up with these experts such as Lori, catch a webinar, catch these podcasts, team up with her firm and really you just have to stop be the best-kept secret.    Connect with Kurt   Kurt’s Website: https://b2btail.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/curtanderson-b2b/

Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative, discusses how the pandemic has affected reshoring, the connection between reshoring and automation, and the quality improvements possible with reshoring.

It's very rare to relate reshoring initiatives with costs saving and sales growth. It's typically the opposite. However, if you account for all the costs and risks involved with offshoring or near-shoring, including geopolitical risks, reshoring initiatives can help grow a company. In today's episode, we have our guest Harry Mosner from Reshoring Initiative, who discusses how to compute the total cost of ownership of reshoring initiatives. He also shares several stories of manufacturers where they could reduce the costs and increase sales through reshoring initiatives. Finally, he sheds light on manufacturing verticals and components that benefit most from the reshoring initiatives.For more information on growth strategies for SMBs using ERP and digital transformation, visit our community at wbs.rocks or elevatiq.com. To ensure that you never miss an episode of the WBS podcast, subscribe on your favorite podcasting platform.

Meet Harry   He is the founder of The Reshoring Initiative after being president of GF Machining Solutions for 22 years. Awards include Industry Week's Manufacturing Hall of Fame, he's participated actively in President Obama's January 11, 2012, Insourcing Forum, member of the Department of Commerce Investment Advisory Council. He's frequently been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, New York Times, New Yorker, and USA Today and seen on Fox Business Market Watch and other programs. Harry has a BS and MS in Engineering from MIT and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Harry, welcome to the show.   Can you share a little bit about what the mission of The Reshoring Initiative is?   So we're a nonprofit and our mission is to bring 5 million manufacturing jobs to the US from offshore by a combination of reshoring by US companies, and FDI, foreign direct investment by foreign companies. We picked 5 million because that's the amount it would take to balance the trade deficit, the goods trade deficit so that then our imports and exports would be about equal so to our mission is to increase our manufacturing by about 40%. So to recover what we've lost from the increasing trade deficit over the last 40 years.   Has the current state with the pandemic been a positive or negative impact on your mission?   For our work, our revenue has quadrupled, because companies now realize that it's too dangerous, too risky to be so dependent on offshore, especially China. What we do is show them that they can make products here in many cases and be at least equally profitable. So so we overcome that. "Well, I'd love to make it here, but I can't afford to", we overcome that issue.   So I want to talk a little bit about this trade deficit. Why does the US have a trade deficit problem?   Your trade balance is the difference between your exports and your imports. So we import $800 billion a year more than we export and that's because our costs, our prices are too high here. We have a method to compare pricing in the US and other countries and our price leaving the factory is about 20% higher than Europe, and about 40% higher than China, Vietnam, Cambodia, India, and consumer wants to buy something inexpensively, the company goes work and get at least expensively and as a result, we have a trade deficit. In classical economics, that should go away quickly because the currency should adjust. If you have a big trade deficit, your currency should go down in value versus other currencies and that would make you more competitive or competitive once again, and the trade deficit would go away. But the US is the reserve currency, and having the banks and institutions where foreigners want to store their money for safety, all those trillions of dollars flowing in forces the dollar up instead of having the goods trade deficit adjust. So one of the things we recommend is to have the US Government Act reduce the value of the dollar by 20, or 30% so that our companies would once again be competitive.   How can our listeners help you achieve these goals here?   If they work for a manufacturing company of any kind, or distributor of goods, or retailer, they could suggest to the company producing or sourcing more in the country. Our tools are helpful, for that we have the TCL estimator that helps the company do the math correctly on the costs associated with importing or exporting, and therefore that would be helpful for their companies also useful for selling. So for the small company to convince this customer to buy from them instead of importing, for example. But also, as consumers, when they're out looking to buy something, they should at least look a little bit, spend a little time looking for the Made in USA product. One of the things I wrote recently is, a lot of people are out buying things just because it's fun to buy things. If you're buying something, not because you need it, but just for the pleasure of buying it, then wait until you can find something made in the USA that you could buy that you don't need instead of something made in China that you don't need.   Can you share with our listeners your most successful or favorite networking experience that you've had?   I've got a couple. First I was at a Hawaii located annual convention of the National Tooling and Machining Association and I'm standing there at the reception one night, I'm talking to bill and Dwayne comes over and Dwayne says, "Bill, don't let Harry take you to dinner," and Bill said, "Why not? He's a nice enough guy," and then Dwayne say, "Well, about four years ago, Harry took Shirly and me to dinner and since then, we've bought $4 million worth of his machines." In the last case, I was at a wedding. Like a nice, fancy Country Club, very nice. I went over to her mother and said, "Anybody here in manufacturing? "I'm tired of talking to lawyers and doctors." Someone named John said they were in manufacturing. I talked to john learned about his company and they were planning to get an EDM machine, that's like, $150,000. I said, "Okay, we'll be in touch," and so in our newsletter that month, I talked about the wedding lead, and then about two months later, I talked about the wedding order that we had got because of the lead I got at the wedding. I said, "For all the salesmen out there, I'm selling at the wedding, make sure you're at least selling 40 hours a week out in your job."   Let's talk about nurturing your network. Regardless of the size, small or large, it's extremely important to stay in front of that community that you've created. How do you do that?   Traditionally, I did it in person, because when I was president of the company, I spent a third of my time visiting customers and prospective customers, going to trade shows, etc. so I met 1000s and 1000s of people. Since then, still a lot of conferences until COVID. Last year, I did 60 podcasts and webinars and this year, I've already got 23 signed up for 2021. So getting in front of them that way and then I get interviewed maybe once a week by the media, we put out an article of some kind every week that gets published. Then everything that we put out, and everything that gets written about us when we get interviewed we post on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, what have you. Sometimes we'll post an article and get 3000 views, something like that.   What advice would you offer to business professionals looking to grow their network?   Once we get back to in person, you know, the physical being with them with each other, work for the crowd, what I call continuously but gently. So when I'm at a conference and there's a reception, people will come over to me and say, "Harry, you're the best networker we've ever seen." So I have a methodology of coming up to people saying, hello, introducing myself, and then I focus first on them. I get them to tell me what they do, all that kind of stuff. It doesn't take long takes it two minutes, three minutes to learn enough. So then I can offer them some advice, offer them a lead, offer them an introduction, offer them something of value. Then when I get around to telling them what I do, I've earned their trust and their interest. Therefore, we've established a relationship. Seek to give before you receive maybe would be sort of a biblical way of looking at it.   If you could go back to your 20-year-old self what would you tell yourself to do more or less of or differently with regards to your professional career?   I got the engineering degrees at MIT. In some ways, I'd have been better off if I like done an apprenticeship first because I'm not very hands-on. People say you're an MIT engineer, fix my bicycle and I don't know. So if I'd had two years or four years of hands-on making things I think I'd have been a better engineer because of that. On the other hand, it would have been quite a detour in my career and I probably wouldn't have achieved everything I've achieved. So it would have been different, but that's one of the things I have thought about.   Let's talk about the six degrees of separation. If there's any person that specifically that you'd love to connect with, and how do you think you'd go about doing that?   At the moment, President Biden. So anybody out there that knows him, I'd appreciate the introduction or someone who knows someone who's on his staff. I did an article for Industry Week recently critiquing Trump's results and Biden's proposals from the viewpoint of reshoring, what will bring the manufacturing jobs back best to the country. I agreed with some of Biden's plans and disagreed with others and I'm convinced that his team does not fully understand the underlying root cause problems and we'd love to help them with that. I did meet with Obama, in a meeting at the White House. I tried to get to Trump but I never succeeded, even though he said he wanted the things that we want, but it never happened. So I'm reaching out to Biden through sort of peripheral contacts that have sought our advice for the campaign and say, "Okay, I gave you the advice now, this time to give us some access." We'll see what happens.   Do you have any final word or advice to offer our listeners with regards to growing and supporting your network?   My advice would be to read the book I’m currently reading. It's called The Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov and it's based 1000s of years into the future, and there's the human humanity has spread out over the galaxy. There's one world that's the world where the Emperor lives and the whole world covered with steel and 100 billion people live there, but the infrastructure and the organization is starting to decline and they're worried about eventually the whole thing coming apart and riots and rebellion and looting and everything else. But the main character, Harry Selden, has developed psychohistory in which he forecasts what will happen in the future of mankind, and how to adjust that so that it comes out more favorably. So it's a great mind-expanding series for anybody that that would find science fiction to be worth reading.   Connect with Harry:    Website: https://reshorenow.org/    Email: harry.moser@reshorenow.org   Email Harry and include “Social Capital” in the subject line if you have any questions!

Episode 6 features Harry Moser, Founder of the Reshoring Initiative, and focuses on reshoring. Harry discusses how companies are re-thinking their supply chain strategies in light of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in order to mitigate risks and position themselves so that they're ready for future challenges.

On this episode of the Kansas Ag Report, our host Ken Rahjes visits with Harry Moser, former president of the Kansas Livestock Association.  We will be giving updates from Kansas Livestock Association, Kansas Department of Agriculture, Kansas Soybean Commission, Kansas Wheat Commision, Kansas Corn Commission, and Pinion. 

This is Part 2 of our conversation with Harry Moser, the founder and president of the Reshoring Initiative. He discusses how some US companies can successfully reshore their manufacturing activities. You can also listen to Part 1 of this conversation in Episode 133 where Harry explains how COVID-19 has shone a light on some of […]

CFA Society Chicago member Rich Excell, CFA, speaks with Harry Moser, founder of the non-profit Reshoring Initiative, on the topic of understanding reshoring and the potential for companies. Connect with Rich on LinkedIn @ richexcellcfa and Twitter @ExcellRichard   Connect with Harry on LinkedIn @ harry-moser and visit the Reshoring Initiative’s website - www.reshorenow.org Access the links referenced by Harry below– TCO Estimator: https://reshorenow.org/tco-estimator/ Impact of TCO: https://reshorenow.org/blog/impact-of-using-tco-instead-of-price/ Import Substitution Program: https://reshorenow.org/isp/ 2018 data Report: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UvSQEL51zHI6NzRlo1BdWoymvQhgfLvF/view Competitiveness Toolkit: https://reshorenow.org/blog/competitiveness-toolkit-draft/ Links to 24 Moser on Manufacturing columns in Assembly magazine: https://www.assemblymag.com/authors/2068-harry-moser FDI Intelligence article on picking the right country to manufacture for the U.S. market:  https://www.fdiintelligence.com/stream/author/Harry%20Moser%20and%20Michelle%20Comerford For more episodes go to www.cfachicago.org/podcasts

http://www.leanblog.org/366 My guest for Episode #366 is Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative. We talk about “reshoring,” in general, and why that's such an important issue in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.Harry definitely falls into the category of guests where I wonder, “Why haven't I had this person on the show before?” Harry and his work have been on my radar for a long time. I appreciate the mission and I wish more companies would consider the “Total Cost” (and old Dr. Deming concept) when making manufacturing site location and sourcing decisions instead of focusing only on “unit cost” or “landed cost” (which includes freight and taxes).“The mission of the Reshoring Initiative® is to bring good, well-paying manufacturing jobs back to the United States by assisting companies to more accurately assess their total cost of offshoring, and shift collective thinking from offshoring is cheaper to local reduces the total cost of ownership. “Harry was inducted into the Industry Week Manufacturing Hall of Fame in 2010, based on his long career in manufacturing. He founded the Reshoring Initiative in 2010. Be sure to check out the TCO Estimator tool that he discusses in the episode.“Most companies make sourcing decisions based solely on price, oftentimes resulting in a 20 to 30 percent miscalculation of actual offshoring costs.”The Reshoring Initiative WebsiteHarry's LinkedIn Profile@HarryMoser on Twitter@ReshoreNow on TwitterThe Total Cost of Ownership EstimatorListeners have probably heard of “offshoring” but what is “reshoring”?Why “reshoring”?What is “nearshoring” and is that nearly as good?Tell us about the history of your organization, the Reshoring Initiative…Why should our current Covid-19 crisis be a “wake up call” about where goods are manufactured?Do you think it's fair when analysts or the media blame “just in time” for shortages of goods and equipment during this crisis (in healthcare or retail)? Why or why not?Can Lean take out enough waste to make a high-labor manufacturing site competitive with U.S. wages?Dan Markovitz question (paraphrasing): Is moving production back to the US easier said than done if we don't have the skills or the supply base here anymore?How can we help companies (and investors) realize that “lowest total cost” is the goal, not “lowest labor cost” or “lowest piece price cost”?Why have companies miscalculated when doing the math about moving production to China?How can companies use TCO to increase sales?Can you give some past examples of reshoring and the benefits?What can/should the government do to accelerate the reshoring trend?

During a novel edition of fastener talk radio, we hear stories from industry insiders across the operational spectrum. Jun Xu of Brighton Best, Mike Topolewski of Perigee Manufacturing, Joanne Bialas of International Fasteners, and Matt Boyd of Parker Fasteners share their experiences, thoughts and feelings as they face the dramatic impact of COVID-19 with the lovely and talented Lynn Dempsey (1:51:23). Looking at the possible impact on the global supply chain, Harry Moser of the Reshoring Initiative offers his perspective, and also suggestions for bringing manufacturing back home (25:38). R.W. Baird analyst David Manthey joins editor Mike McNulty on the Fastener News Report (1:00:34). And the heat is on during the Fastener Training Minute with Carmen Vertullo (1:34:55). BONUS: Meet the real Mr. Corona! (17:35) Holding conflicting views of the virus, Brian dons the mask and Eric suggests an essential podcast. Run time: 02:50:31

Jay chats with Harry Moser, President of the Reshoring Initiative, a non-profit, who's mission is to bring good, well-paying manufacturing jobs back to the United States. They offer a number of free tools to help companies more accurately assess their total cost of offshoring, and shift collective thinking from “offshoring is cheaper” to “local reduces the total cost of ownership.”

How can reshoring help us overcome major supply chain disruptions? Teelin chats with Reshoring Initiative founder Harry Moser to learn how your shop can adapt to the changing market.

On today's episode, Harry Moser from Reshoring Initiative returns to Manufacturing Talk Radio to give us an update on his efforts to bring manufacturing jobs back to America. Visit Reshoring initiative at reshorenow.org

This week's guest is Harry Moser, Founder and President of the Reshoring Initiative. Ron and Harry discussed reshoring, including what it is and how lean plays a role. An MP3 version of this episode is available for download here. In this episode you'll learn: Harry's background (1:41) What reshoring is (3:31) The status quo (4:22) The role of lean (5:33) How offshoring influences the wastes (7:19) Calculating the total cost of ownership (10:45) What would happen if quality wasn't an issue (13:20) How these concepts can advance lean (17:12) The future of lean (19:50) What Harry doubted (22:33) Who Harry would shadow if he had a time machine (24:01) What Harry is most proud of (25:35) Podcast Resources Right Click to Download this Podcast as an MP3 Download a Free Audio Book at Audible.com Reshoring Initiative  Harry's Email  Harry on LinkedIn Reshoring Initiative on LinkedIn Subscribe & Never Miss New Episodes! Click to Subscribe in iTunes If you enjoyed this podcast please be sure to subscribe on iTunes. Once you're a subscriber all new episodes will be downloaded to your iTunes account and smartphone. The easiest way for iPhone users to listen to the show is via the free, and incredible, Podcast app. You can download it here. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the Gemba Academy podcast on iTunes. You can also subscribe via Stitcher which is definitely Android friendly. What Do You Think? How do you decide where to manufacture?

Shaking up the world of hard to locate metric fasteners, Craig Penland explains the unique business model of Eurolink Fastener Supply Service (1:29:24). Solution Industries boss, John Radel talks shop, and announces a shake up of his own (24:27). Plus, Mr. Harry Moser of The Reshoring Initiative discusses exciting progress in the effort to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. and describes a new program designed to help importers make the right decisions (44:52). Mike McNulty presents the Fastener News Report, and welcomes Würth EVP, Marc Strandquist, as they discuss the latest FDI survey results (1:01:12). Carmen Vertullo offers still more expertise on the topic of torque during the Fastener Training Minute (1:25:12). Brian makes a rare appearance on Twitter, while Eric angles for a free concert T-shirt. Run time: 02:15:03

Harry Moser has been working to bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States before it was cool. Now that reshoring jobs is a top issue, Moser discusses what is going right, what's going wrong — and what policy changes are needed to bring even more jobs back.

  Reshoring Initiative works to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. through assisting companies to more accurately assess their total costs and investments. It it a non-profit and offers a number of tools for companies to utilize. President of Reshoring Initative Harry Moser joins us to share how the firm is working to bring jobs back and how it affects the community. 

Harry Moser is extremely knowledgeable on why US manufacturing jobs go off shore and what to do about it. Listen and learn how we can more effectively re-shore jobs back to the US as well as protect the existing jobs by helping people do the real cost calculations.Click to view: show page on Awesound

Great walls and mass migrations impact the fastener industry. Thread adventurer, Rob Lucas, of Lindstrom (1:14:46), and domestic manufacturing crusader, Harry Moser, of the Reshoring Initiative (20:20), present their perspectives on these and other forces as they drive the screw biz in a somewhat great leap forward. Würth EVP, Marc Strandquist joins industry anchorman Mike McNulty on the Fastener News Report to discuss surprising January FDI numbers (48:07). Plus, fastener wonk Carmen Vertullo explains a common problem with thread pitch and plating on the Fastener Training Minute (1:07:46). Brian and Eric uncover no ancient secrets, but keep an eye on Amazon, and struggle with their Chinese zodiac identities. Run time: 02:02:03

Despite misconceptions to the contrary, robotics are actually creating jobs and spurring manufacturing growth. Join us as Drew Greenblatt, CEO of steel fabricator Marlin Steel and Harry Moser, Founder and President of The Reshoring Initiative discuss how automation is helping manufacturers expand their production, save companies and return jobs to the United States.

The Reshoring Initiative would like to slap the ''Made in U.S.A.'' label on a lot more products. Can it succeed? The organization's mission is to convince companies to bring manufacturing jobs back from China to the U.S. Recent economic trends in China, including a growing labor shortage and rising factory wages, are helping to make that dream a reality. At the same time, China's recent devaluation of the yuan appears to be drive by a desire to make its manufacturing exports more competitive. So are the jobs really coming home? On this episode, we speak with Reshoring Initiative founder and president Harry Moser. He discusses the group's efforts and talks about some recent successes. And he addresses the real challenges that stand in the way of a wholesale shift of manufacturing to the U.S. The big question: does the U.S. have the people and the skills to handle a big influx of work from China? For that matter, what will those returning jobs look like? Will automation undermine the benefits of reshoring for American workers?

Despite currency devaluations and index slumps, the fastener industry parties on. Hear what went on in Nashville at the AAFS, who topped the field at the NCFA Screw Open, and what's on tap for this year's Vegas NIFS predominantly fastener-related hootenanny. Fearless reshoring warrior, Mr. Harry Moser, explains the impact of recent moves on the Yuan on importing and domestic manufacturing (1:38:03). Andy and Gary Graham, of National Threaded Fasteners, describe how the new breed of fastener professionals uses wireless technology in their day to day roles, in the office and on the road (34:58). On the Fastener News Report, industry anchorman Mike McNulty and NFDA's Marc Strandquist break down the latest disappointing Fastener Distributor Index reading, and look for reasons to remain optimistic (1:10:57). Plus, Carmen Vertullo's Fastener Training Minute (1:32:24), association news from the FIC, and author, Tom Payne, on innovative thinking and problem solving (56:52). Bonus: The lovely and talented Lynn Dempsey has sounds from the show floor in “NashVegas”. Brian and Eric go moderate, for a change, and profile the FTR listener base. Run time: 02:12:23

Outsourcing jobs to China and other countries used to be the most affordable option for many manufacturing companies. But changes to the global economy have caused changes that make it not only affordable, but even advantageous for U.S. Manufacturers to bring jobs home. Harry Moser is a veteran of the manufacturing industry and upon retirement he took the initiative to being an organization focused on doing exactly that. Find out more about The Reshoring Initiative and what it’s doing to promote the return of jobs to the U.S., on this episode of Making Chips.   It’s cheaper to send jobs overseas… or is it?   That used to be the wisdom of the day, but the rise in wages in China and other places has caused the advantages of offshoring jobs to diminish year after year until we’re at a place where it’s actually better to keep jobs onshore in the U.S. Harry Moser and the Reshoring Initiative have developed many great studies that show the effects of offshoring VS reshoring and are convinced that the benefits of bringing jobs home to the U.S. far outweigh the once-existing perks of sending jobs offshore. Find out how Harry’s organization is helping educate the manufacturing industry, and how you can use their free tools to determine why it might be time for your company to bring jobs home.   How can you know if it’s smarter to bring your manufacturing jobs back home?   There are so many variables in figuring out your costs for offshoring or keeping jobs in the U.S. it can be very confusing. But Harry Moser and The Reshoring Initiative are working hard to simplify the evaluation. One of the ways they’re doing that is by providing free online tools to estimate what they call “Total Cost of Ownership,” which can help you gauge the overall, true costs of bringing outsourced jobs back to the U.S. It takes into account all the variables you might encounter to provide a great overall picture of both options for comparison. Find out how to access the Total Cost of Ownership Estimator in this episode of Making Chips.   Why are many companies bringing jobs back home to the U.S.?   There are likely as many reasons as there are companies, but one of the main reasons is that companies are learning from their mistakes. Years of outsourcing manufacturing jobs has shown us the true costs of sending jobs overseas, and in many cases the advantages were not as beneficial as we once thought. Smart CEOs and owners are reassessing the choices of the past with an eye toward cutting costs through bringing jobs back to the U.S. Find out if you’ve made some of those same mistakes and how you can move toward cutting costs in your business, on this episode of Making Chips.   Webinars about reshoring manufacturing jobs   The Reshoring Initiative is doing many things to educate manufacturing leaders about the benefits of bringing jobs home, benefits that didn’t exist even 10 years ago. Harry Moser covers many of the programs and offerings the Reshoring Initiative offers in this episode of Making Chips. One of those resources we’d like to highlight are the many webinars they’ve held to make the case for reshoring. You can find those webinars on the Reshoring Initiative website ( http://www.reshorenow.org/webinars/ ) and find out more about the purpouse and goals of the Reshoring Initiative on this episode of Making Chips. Outline of this episode   Welcome to the podcast - from Jason and Jim. Updates from Jason about his trip to Korea - he visited a manufacturing company there (YG1). Jim’s new marketing plan for Carr Machine and Tool and the revamp of the company web site. Making Chips goes on the road - the grand opening of a new, innovative hardware store in San Diego, California - July 21st, 4 to 6 PM. See the invite below to meet Jim and Jason if you’re in the area. Jim’s introduction of today’s guest: Harry Moser, President of “The Reshoring Initiative.” What sparked Harry starting The Reshoring Initiative - practically and emotionally. How does a manufacturer take advantage of the opportunity to “reshore” their manufacturing? How manufacturers are able to use the Total Cost of Ownership Estimator. Why it’s now possible for U.S. manufacturers to bring jobs back home (what’s happening in China - the main place jobs have been outsourced). Are wages less of a factor in our day, in the U.S. and in China? What is localization, and why does it matter for U.S. manufacturers? How companies have learned from their mistakes when it comes to the decision to outsource manufacturing offshore or to keep it onshore. How do manufacturers identify the most important factors relating to whether they should bring their manufacturing back onshore? How wastes are made worse through offshoring manufacturing jobs. Harry’s conversation with President Obama and what he encouraged the White House to do to bring jobs back to the U.S. How to find out more about the Reshoring Initiative and how you can use their free resources to estimate your costs of reshoring outsourced jobs.   Links mentioned on this episode   http://www.MakingChips.com/18 - The episode that covers the new innovative hardware store.   http://www.OnlineMetals.com (sponsor for this episode)   The Reshoring Initiative - http://www.reshorenow.org/   Free Online Total Cost of Ownership Estimator - http://www.reshorenow.org/tco-estimator/   Contact Harry at info@reshore.org   www.MakingChips.com/contact   Or call us at 312-725-0245   Making Chips on the road - Tuesday, July 21st, 4 to 6 PM - 10211 Pacific Mesa Blvd, San Diego - come in and say “If you’re not making chips, you’re not making money.” and get a free T-shirt!   Tweets you can use to tell others about the episode   #Reshoring manufacturing jobs is now affordable. Find out how on this episode of #MakingChips http://www.MakingChips.com/?p=574   If you’re not #MakingChips, you’re not making money - the Making Chips Podcast http://www.MakingChips.com/?p=574   #Manufacturing companies can now spend less by bringing #offshore jobs home. More on this episode http://www.MakingChips.com/?p=574   The #ReshoringInitiative to bring jobs back to the U.S. On this episode of #MakingChips http://www.MakingChips.com/?p=574 Cut costs in your #manufacturing business by bringing jobs home to the U.S. More on this episode http://www.MakingChips.com/?p=574

Harry Moser founded the Reshoring Initiative in 2010 to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. Prior to starting the Initiative, he held leadership positions at GF Machining Solutions, formerly known as GF AgieCharmilles, where he began in 1985 as the company’s president and retired in 2010 as Chairman Emeritus

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.AudioPlayer.embed("audioplayer_228", {soundFile:"http%3A%2F%2Fsupplychaininsights.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fpodcasts%2FThe_Reshoring_Initiative_with_Harry_Moser-Podcast_125.mp3"}); Listen to Lora Cecere, CEO & Founder of Supply Chain Insights, as she discusses the Reshoring Initiative with Harry Moser as they look at manufacturing returning to the US, Mexico and Canada. Some of the key trends are foreign investment as well as having savings closer to the consumer. The biggest driver for bringing jobs back to the United States is the rising Chinese wages (15% per year for 10 years). See the Total Cost of Ownership Estimator™ at www.reshorenow.org Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #125

Hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady talk to Harry Moser from The Reshoring Initiative about bringing good, well-paying manufacturing jobs back to America. Our hosts also spent some time with Daniel Feiman about his organization Build It Backwards, which provides a unique approach to management and training consulting services.

This episode featured interviews with Harry Moser, Executive Director of Reshoring Initiative (www.reshorenow.org) discussing jobs coming back to America, and Ray Bacon, Executive Director of the Nevada Manufacturing Association (www.nvmanufacturers.org) discussing what has been happening at the state level in Nevada and neighboring states. These interviews were recorded live at ISM2014 in Las Vegas.

The same cold winds have been blowing from the north, and from the nation's capital for some time. Fortunately, an exciting line-up of all new guests joins Brian and Eric to shake up the winter doldrums, as MaryLouise Eckman, of All Points Fasteners, tells her tale of non-conventional fastener success (1:14:20). Reshoring Initiative founder, Mr. Harry Moser, joins Mike McNulty on the Fastener News Report to explain the current state of bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. (48:27) Plus, heat treating expert, Brian Christianson, of South Holland Metal Finishing, discusses REACH standards and what they mean to fastener distributors selling abroad (17:27). Tidbits from around the industry, and complaints about the cold, the warming, and conflict minerals reporting, it's more of the same digital effluvia you've come to know and love. Run time: 01:56:13

To steal a line from Mark Twain, many people complain about outsourcing, but few of them do anything about it. One person who is trying to do something about it is Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative, a nonprofit organization dedicated to persuading U.S. manufacturers to bring work back home from overseas. In this podcast, Moser talks about his organization and the software he developed for calculating the total costs of offshoring. Check out this sneak preview of Moser's May 4 keynote address to start Tech ManufactureXPO. Sponsored by Assembly Magazine.

If you want to calculate how much it costs to make something in the United States, Harry Moser can help. In our second podcast with Quality's 2012 Professional of the Year, Moser explains how to use his Total Cost of Ownership software. For more information, visit www.qualitymag.com or www.reshorenow.org.

Harry Moser wants to strengthen American manufacturing. In this podcast, he describes his success so far, his visit to the White House, and why he would like to see a new buzzword in manufacturing. For more information, visit www.qualitymag.com or www.reshorenow.org.

Brian and Eric encounter a large mammal swimming across the lake during their latest northwoods adventure. Was it a foreshadowing of softening markets, or of the recent droll headline out of Moscow? Despite lackluster GPS performance, the boys navigate out of the bush to discuss these and other subjects and welcome Mr. Harry Moser, of the Reshoring Intitiative, and Mr. Andy Cohn, of Duncan Bolt. An in-depth examination of the reshoring movement and related issues ensues (56:41). Mike McNulty breaks industry headlines on the Fastener News Report and presents details of the slipping FDI numbers from June, along with BB&T Capital Markets analyst, Holden Lewis (30:58). Also, extended interviews from the MWFA Expo and golf outing featuring Rich Cavoto, John Butler, Vic LaPoma, Jackie Ventura, Matt Delawder, Kameron Dorsey, Don Shan and more (18:18). Like America’s new healthcare system, this episode of FTR is absolutely free. Just don’t expect it to address all your issues in a timely or effective manner. Run time: 01:45:38

Mike Boehler and Michele Rempel will interview Harry Moser, Inductee to Industry Week's Manufacturing Hall of Fame 2010, for service to the industry via the Reshoring Initiative.  The Reshoring Initiative is a non-profit that helps bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. by providing free tools for manufacturers to compare the costs of offshored and domestically sourced work.  Mike and Michele will also be discussing a Simplifying Social Media and highlight local events and notable achievements of Linked Local Network members.

Join the hosts of Reshore America for this fascinating hour long interview with the founder of the Reshoring Initiative. Find out what leading manufacturing organizations in Illinois are doing to retain and restore manufacturing jobs in their state and how you can help make the same thing happen here.

American manufacturing is the lifeblood of the country, despite perceptions to the contrary. Joe Greenslade of the IFI and Harry Moser of the Reshoring Initiative offer their thoughts on buying domestic (46:16). Russ Mellott of Activant Solutions speaks on the software giant’s recent acquisition announcement (30:35), and Janice Ceresa of Anixter describes the latest goings on with the industry’s most widely subscribed LinkedIn group (36:17). Fastener Technology International editor, Mike McNulty, brings on the headlines, including more information about Heads and Threads (16:43). Hosts Brian Musker and Eric Dudas discover yet another exotic brew, and remain fearless despite the specter of lurking aquatic birds. Run time: 01:22:30