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The Black Book of Reshoring
The definitive guide to manufacturing transformation and strategic reshoring implementation
The Black Book of Reshoring
The definitive guide to manufacturing transformation and supply chain resilience in the new era of domestic production. Launching internationally in 2026.
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Reshoring Advisory
End-to-end strategic consulting for organizations evaluating and implementing domestic production strategies. From business case development through successful execution.
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- Implementation roadmap development
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- Near-shoring and regionalization
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The Black Book of Reshoring
The definitive guide to manufacturing transformation and supply chain resilience in the new era of domestic production. Launching internationally in 2026.
Expert Insights
From industry-leading practitioners
Actionable Frameworks
Practical tools for implementation
Get a free preview chapter
What People are Saying About This
“Economic security is national security and that means getting serious about bringing critical supply chains home so no foreign nation has a veto over America’s economic security. The Black Book of Reshoring offers a practical framework for leaders to make those decisions with rigor and real-world tradeoffs.”
―Senator Elissa Slotkin, U.S. Senator for Michigan
“This book tells the truth about what it takes to bring production home. Brown turns reshoring from a political slogan into an actionable strategy for American industry and workers.”
―Robert Lighthizer ― Former U.S. Trade Representative; Author, No Trade Is Free
“We’ve spent years documenting how the global supply chain broke. The Black Book of Reshoring is about how to fix it, factory by factory, decision by decision, in the real American economy.”
―Peter S. Goodman ― Global Economics Correspondent, The New York Times; Author, How the World Ran Out of Everything
“Every leader is talking about resilience and reshoring. This book shows you how to win the next generation of manufacturing in the U.S.”
―Mary Barra ― Chair and CEO, General Motors
“Start with this book. The Black Book of Reshoring shows how America’s production system went off the rails and what to do now if you’re serious about rebuilding American industry.”
―Michael Lewis ― Author of The Big Short and Moneyball
“The Black Book of Reshoring puts the dignity of work at the center of America’s industrial strategy. It’s a concrete roadmap for rebuilding the middle class by rebuilding what we make.”
―Sherrod Brown, Former U.S. Senator and Founder, Dignity of Work Institute
“Reshoring is one of the biggest trades of this decade: capital, jobs, and innovation moving back to America. The Black Book of Reshoring gives investors and operators a clear framework to front-run that shift.”
―Raoul Pal, Co-founder and CEO, Real Vision
“Supply chains don’t need more buzzwords; they need a blueprint. The Black Book of Reshoring turns boardroom talk into an operator’s playbook giving supply chain leaders concrete moves to de-risk, localize, and win the next decade. This is the book the supply chain world will be talking about and using.”
―Scott W. Luton, Founder and CEO, Supply Chain Now
“Doug Brown connects the dots between boardroom decisions and the new map of global production. The Black Book of Reshoring shows how America can build resilient, local supply chains without walking away from the gains of globalization.”
―Rana Foroohar, Columnist, Financial Times; Author, Homecoming
“Manufacturers are pouring billions into U.S. plants, but too many leaders are still flying blind. The Black Book of Reshoring gives them the frameworks, metrics, and case studies they need to invest with confidence and win.”
―Jay Timmons, President and CEO, National Association of Manufacturers
“The Black Book of Reshoring is the field manual executives and managers have been missing. If you’re serious about investing in U.S. production, this is the playbook.”
―Andrew N. Liveris, Former Chairman and CEO, Dow; Author, Make It in America
“Clear, gutsy, and practical. The Black Book of Reshoring shows why America’s competitive edge lives in the hands and minds of skilled workers and how to put that edge to work in your business. A must-read for anyone building things that last.”
―Mike Rowe, Host, “Dirty Jobs,” and Founder, mikeroweWORKS Foundation
Latest Insights
Expert analysis on reshoring and supply chain trends
Industry, Workforce
BPO reshoring isn’t nostalgia—it’s a CX strategy. When service is the product, latency, comprehension, and empathy matter as much as handle time. Onshore teams deliver context-rich conversations that resolve faster and retain more customers. The economics are changing. AI handles the repetitive front-door traffic; human agents focus on complex, emotional, or regulated scenarios. That mix favors higher-skill, onshore agents supported by strong tooling and knowledge bases. Compliance and data residency are growing concerns. Keeping PII and sensitive interactions under U.S. jurisdiction simplifies audits, reduces breach exposure, and aligns with sector-specific regs in healthcare, finance, and government. Language nuance and cultural proximity reduce friction. Misunderstandings drop, escalation paths shorten, and first-contact resolution improves. The cost savings show up in churn reduction and higher NPS, not just in AHT. Talent strategy is modernizing. Remote-first contact centers recruit nationwide, tapping veterans, caregivers, and career switchers. Training leverages simulations and AI-driven coaching that personalize feedback based on actual call data. Quality management is now continuous. Real-time analytics flag sentiment shifts, compliance risks, and knowledge gaps. Coaches intervene the same day, not the next quarter. The feedback loop tightens, outcomes improve. Reshoring BPO also supports product improvement. Support teams become a live sensor network feeding engineering and product with patterns and priorities. Issues get fixed upstream; ticket volume drops downstream. The brand impact is tangible. “U.S.-based support” is a marketing proof point customers recognize—and often pay for through loyalty and premium tiers.
March, 2026
Execution
Successful reshoring stories share patterns more than they share industries. Each began with a candid TCO audit, a tight pilot, and a commitment to standard work before scale. Process discipline, not heroics, carried the day. In electronics, teams often started with a high-mix, moderate-volume line to prove flexibility, then layered automation where variability was lowest. Early wins in changeover time and first-pass yield funded expansion to other SKUs. Medical device players paired quality systems with in-line testing to satisfy regulators and speed approvals. Co-located engineering cut validation loops dramatically, turning compliance into a speed advantage. Consumer brands leaned into “ships from U.S.” as a promise, using shorter lead times to test micro-collections and reduce markdowns. Returns processing and refurbishment programs added margin that offshore networks couldn’t support. Industrial OEMs focused on supplier co-development. By investing in local tier-2 capability—coatings, fasteners, machined components—they stabilized ramps and reduced the long tail of parts-related downtime. BPO and support organizations rebuilt around AI-assisted agents. Automation triaged routine tasks; U.S.-based teams handled complexity, boosting resolution and driving measurable loyalty improvements. In every case, the culture change mattered. Leaders moved daily standups to the line, made OEE and safety visible, and rewarded problem-solving over firefighting. The plants became learning systems. The common denominator wasn’t a perfect plan—it was a tight feedback loop, a willingness to iterate, and the courage to scale after the data said “go.”
March, 2026
Industry, Supply Chain
Electronics has always been a game of time—time to debug, time to qualify, time to ship. Reshoring compresses each of those clocks at once. When design, fabrication, assembly, and test sit within a day’s drive, signal loss between teams disappears and the defect-to-correction loop shrinks from weeks to hours. Printed circuit boards are the nervous system of modern products, and they’re notoriously sensitive to variability. Domestic PCB shops coordinated with U.S. EMS providers enable tighter stack-up control, faster lamination trials, and quicker alternates when materials are constrained. That proximity turns “line down” into “line delayed.” For semiconductors, it’s not just wafer fabs—it’s OSAT, substrate capacity, and advanced packaging. Concentrating those steps stateside reduces transits that add risk and latency to high-value inventory. Packaging closer to final assembly also simplifies traceability and RMA triage. Component sourcing is getting smarter with local buffers. Vendor-managed inventory hubs near EMS facilities let planners pivot during demand spikes without resorting to scavenging or gray-market buys. Quality rises because provenance is visible. DFM/DFA becomes a daily habit. Engineers and operators sit together to shave seconds off placements, optimize fiducials, or adjust solder profiles after a single build. Those micro-optimizations compound across thousands of boards. Compliance is easier when the chain is shorter. UL, FCC, and sector-specific tests integrate into the development cadence rather than gating it. Audit findings become same-week corrective actions instead of quarter-long projects. Security matters in electronics. Keeping firmware builds, encryption keys, and secure elements under one jurisdiction closes attack surfaces created by long, opaque chains. IP risk falls along with cycle time. The net: reshoring rewires electronics for speed, quality, and security. The companies that master local loops will set the cadence for their categories.
March, 2026
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