GlobalAutoIndustry.com’s latest Audio Interview “Beyond (U.S.) Reshoring: What Companies Are Doing Now” with Ron Hesse features Rosemary Coates. Ms. Coates is the Founder and Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute, a non-profit and non-partisan organization focused on expanding U.S. manufacturing. She is also the President of Blue Silk Consulting, a global supply-chain management consulting firm. She has been a management consultant for 25+ years, helping over 80 global supply chain clients worldwide. She is an Amazon.com best-selling author with five Supply Chain Management books, including the “Reshoring Guidebook”, “42 Rules for Sourcing and Manufacturing in China”, and the “Legal Blacksmith – How to Avoid and Defend Supply Chain Disputes”. She also works as an Expert Witness on legal cases involving global supply chain disputes. She serves on the Board of Directors at the University of San Diego Supply Chain Management Institute and teaches Global Supply Chain Strategy at UC Berkeley.
Audio Interview Guest
Ms. Rosemary Coates
Founder and Executive Director, Reshoring Institute
President of Blue Silk Consulting
In the 11-minute Audio Interview, Ms. Coates discusses these questions:
• What is happening with the reshoring trend today? Is it happening?
• Do you see any trends specifically in the automotive sector?
• What is going on in China? We haven’t been talking about China very much lately.
• Based on what’s happened to investment and shifts in supply chains this past year, what do you see happening this year and in the future?
About Rosemary Coates:
Founder and Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute and President of Blue Silk Consulting
Rosemary Coates is the Founder and Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute, a 501c3 non-profit and non-partisan organization focused on expanding U.S. manufacturing. She is also the President of Blue Silk Consulting, a global supply-chain management consulting firm.
Ms. Coates has been a management consultant for 25+ years, helping over 80 global supply chain clients worldwide. She is an Amazon.com best-selling author with five Supply Chain Management books, including the Reshoring Guidebook, 42 Rules for Sourcing and Manufacturing in China, and the Legal Blacksmith – How to Avoid and Defend Supply Chain Disputes. She also works as an Expert Witness on legal cases involving global supply chain disputes.
Rosemary serves on the Board of Directors at the University of San Diego Supply Chain Management Institute and teaches Global Supply Chain Strategy at UC Berkeley. She earned an MBA from the University of San Diego and a bachelor’s degree in business logistics from Arizona State University.