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Reshoring
Bringing production home means inheriting that problem directly. The manufacturer who reshores a component now needs the machinists, technicians, and operators to actually run the reshored production. Those people don’ t appear on the same timeline the equipment does.
Ninety-two percent of respondents reported disruption from tariff and trade policy shifts in the last year. Thirty-six percent said policy changes had prompted them to revise their reliance on externally sourced components. The pressure to move fast is real. The workforce to receive that shift is not showing up at the same speed.
What operations leaders should think about differently
The default response to a skills shortage is to hire your way out of it, and most
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