Manufacturing backshoring: a systematic literature review

Arlbjørn, Jan Stentoft; Olhager, Jan; Heikkilä, Jussi; Thoms, Lisa

doi:10.1007/s12063-016-0111-2

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“…Meanwhile, concerns around skilled human resource availability can influence reshoring. This includes a lack of availability offshore (Bailey and De Propris 2014;Simchi-Levi et al 2012;Stentoft et al 2016b) and concerns about the deskilling of domestic labour due to extensive offshoring (Bailey and De Propris 2014;Shih 2014). Indeed, it is noted that high domestic unemployment and union pressure is also driving reshoring (Tate 2014;Fratocchi et al 2016).…”

Section: Infrastructure-related Driversmentioning

confidence: 99%

Why and how do firms reshore? A contingency-based conceptual framework

2017

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Much of the growing body of reshoring literature has focused on why firms reverse a prior location decision. While valuable, this work needs extending to how the decision to reshore is operationalised. Using a two-stage approach, this paper presents a conceptual framework that covers both why and how firms reshore. The framework also utilises contingency theory to identify the factors that influence these decisions. It is therefore claimed to be more comprehensive than others frameworks found in the literature. First, a systematic literature review deductively develops an initial framework. Second, a revised version of the framework is presented using evidence from a single, exemplar case of captive reshoring in the textiles industry. The case evidence identifies new factors and extends a typology of reshoring decisions proposed in the literature to more accurately reflect the dynamic, complex, and incremental nature of the onshore-offshore-reshore location and ownership decision.

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Section: Infrastructure-related Driversmentioning

confidence: 99%

Why and how do firms reshore? A contingency-based conceptual framework

2017

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“…Secondly, differences in institutional structures between home and destination countries may have several negative effects, for instance, the potential failures of intellectual property protection (Dholakia et al, ; Gray et al, ; Tate, ) or lower quality standards (Ancarani, Di Mauro, Fratocchi, Orzes, & Sartor, ; APMG, ; Fratocchi et al, ; Kinkel & Maloca, ; Stentoft, Olhager, Heikklilä, & Thoms, ) given that institutional, cultural, and physical distance, make quality control difficult and costly. Similarly, worse environmental and workforce conditions in destination countries may not be acceptable for Westernised societies in the home countries and may damage the reputation of the offshored firms (Gray et al, ; Tate, ).…”

Section: Backshoring Versus Nearshoring: Alternatives For Developed Cmentioning

confidence: 99%

Backshoring and nearshoring: An overview

Piatanesi

Arauzo‐Carod

2019

Growth and Change

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Increasingly, economies that have traditionally benefited from offshoring are losing some of their strategical advantages, with a consequent increase in backshoring by developed economies. This paper describes the phenomenon and tries to shed light on the current challenges, trends, and debates in the area, and on the main determinants of backshoring. A new phenomenon known as nearshoring is also analysed—this consists of relocating some previously offshored manufacturing activities so that they are now close to previous core locations, but not so close as to suffer from disagglomeration effects. This combines the advantages of offshoring and backshoring.

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“…Hitherto the prevalent trend in the industrial domain implies that manufacturers locate their production facilities in emerging economies (Lai and Wong 2012;Tang and Zhou 2012) to benefit from the inexpensive labour, lowcost petrochemical-based materials and unsustainable manufacturing processes due to the absence of strict environmental policy constraints (Lai et al 2013;Hirschnitz-Garbers et al 2016). Nevertheless, a range of issues affecting industries located in both Western and developing countries, including rising labour expenditures, strict environmental regulations, consumers' sustainability awareness, elevated shipping costs, radical innovations in manufacturing technologies and chemical synthesis pathways, and rising productivity and reliability concerns, are triggering shifts in the scale and distribution of production systems (Ford and Despeisse 2016;Stentoft et al 2016). Especially, sustainability concerns and advances in manufacturing technologies and production processes encourage both global industries and local organisations to (re)configure their production and supply bases to enable more cost and resource efficient manufacturing that is both sustainable and responsive to personalised market demand (Ray and Ray 2012;Ancarani et al 2015).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping supply dynamics in renewable feedstock enabled industries: A systems theory perspective on ‘green’ pharmaceuticals

Tsolakis

Srai

2018

Oper Manag Res

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This paper provides a multi-stage multi-layer mapping methodology for capturing the macro-level supply chain dynamics that govern industrial systems using renewable feedstocks. The mapping approach combines the Industrial Systems Mapping and System Dynamics principles to systematically capture the interrelations across: (i) institutional players, (ii) sector specialists, (iii) products and intermediates, (iv) production operations, and (v) firms within the supply chain. The interfaces are further explored at four interconnected and mutually interacting theme areas of analysis, namely: (i) renewable chemical feedstocks, (ii) production technologies, (iii) target markets, and (iv) value and economic viability. We demonstrate the applicability of our approach by mapping the dynamics in industrial systems for the production of 'green' pharmaceuticals, particularly via the illustrative case of paracetamol. Through the use of the proposed integrated mapping process the case study demonstrates the principal interrelationships and inter-firm dynamics between the different layers of analysis. Three main drivers are identified that could enhance supply network transformations for improved viability of these developing industrial systems, namely: (i) regulatory conformance with market requirements, (ii) system level feasibility assessment of given renewable feedstocks, and (iii) target market volume demand. The causal feedback elements of the provided mapping technique indicate that it could support the analysis of industrial systems' transformation dynamics enabled by renewable feedstocks. The standardisation of the methodology and its elements provides for an effective visualisation technique with cross-industry relevance.

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Manufacturing backshoring: a systematic literature review

Cited by 147 publications

References 30 publications

Why and how do firms reshore? A contingency-based conceptual framework

Why and how do firms reshore? A contingency-based conceptual framework

Backshoring and nearshoring: An overview

Mapping supply dynamics in renewable feedstock enabled industries: A systems theory perspective on ‘green’ pharmaceuticals

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