Survey reveals priorities for reshoring and domestic supply chains

A new industry report reveals what government, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and contract manufacturers (CMs) must do to further accelerate and benefit from reshoring. A collaboration between the Reshoring Initiative and Regions Recruiting, the survey attracted more than 500 respondents and offers insight into OEM and CM perceptions of barriers to manufacturing reshoring.

There have been a lot of reshoring surveys in the last few years. Why this one is especially newsworthy:

• Offers alternative paths to reindustrialization if President Trump’s tariffs are permanently blocked by the courts
• Quantifies the impact each of President Trump’s reindustrialization policies would have on future reshoring. An available and skilled workforce ranks #1, beating tariffs, taxes, regulations and currency.
• Ranks the reasons why OEMs reshored.
• Pinpoints factors that OEMs should prioritize more highly: geopolitical risk and use of total cost of ownership (TCO)

Is the first to survey U.S. CMs, a vital part of the domestic supply chain. Identifies opportunities for them to gain orders vs. imports by achieving faster delivery and providing stronger commercial and technical partnership with the OEMs.

Conducted from February through April 2025, the survey comes at a pivotal time. As the Trump administration implements tariffs and contemplates new economic policy for U.S. manufacturing, manufacturers are navigating complex decisions about costs and planning for potential supply chain disruptions, and workforce shortages.

Click here for the report.