SCM630 Week 3 Assignment 1 Latest 2022

SCM630 – Supply Chain Planning

Week 3– Assignment1 of 2:

Read this article on "insourcing", bringing production back into the firm after outsourcing.

1.            In a paragraph, summarize the concepts and reasoning behind GE's decision. 

2.            This article is 10 years old, yet reshoring manufacturing to the United States had not quite caught on by 2020. Why do you think this was the case?

3.            Find at least one source that presents the state of reshoring in 2021/2022 and summarize in a few sentences with an example of a success or failure.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/12/the-insourcing-boom/309166/

Note: Article link above.