Today, manufacturing is global, and complex products such as consumer durables are frequently assembled from component parts made on multiple continents. This Engineering Roundtable presents an in-depth analysis on where American manufacturing is headed post-pandemic, and beyond.
The centrifuge of global capital spun billions of American investment dollars into overseas manufacturing over the last 30 years. Today, manufacturing is global, and complex products such as consumer durables are frequently assembled from component parts made on multiple continents. Covid 19, however, has demonstrated the fragility of global supply chains and has reignited debate about the importance of domestically sourced manufacturing for economic stability.