{"id":1184,"date":"2020-05-06T19:45:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T18:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=1184"},"modified":"2020-05-06T19:49:17","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T18:49:17","slug":"bring-it-all-home-reshoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=1184","title":{"rendered":"Bring it all home……#reshoring"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"A recent survey in The Engineer<\/a>\u00a0reported that 59% of correspondents think that bringing manufacturing elements of the Supply Chain back to the UK (#reshoring) should be a priority following the Covid19 Pandemic outbreak.<\/p>\n

There are some really good points made in the comments section & following Britain’s exit from the EEC there is no reason why this should not be Government policy, even stimulated by official Government subsidies – but should it ?<\/p>\n

There is no denying that ever since the late 1970’s Britains manufacturing base has shrunk from around 32% to 10% of GDP – but does this matter ?<\/p>\n

To anyone who has been involved in Engineering & Manufacturing over the last 30 years & who has seen millions of good quality skilled & relatively secure jobs migrate to China & Asia to be replaced by insecure temporary low paying ‘gig economy’ roles the answer \u00a0has to be ‘yes’<\/p>\n

However we also need to remember this shocking decline was also due to a certain amount of complacency in British Manufacturing as a result of poor Management, sloppy working practices & shoddy quality.<\/p>\n

Rebalancing the Economy by encouraging high quality Manufacturing supported by competent Management & Customer focussed Quality Management sounds like a positive move indeed.<\/p>\n

Chris Robinson<\/p>\n

www.amberhill.biz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n