Columns: Reshoring update

Global supply chain disruption resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to continue well into 2022.

The pandemic has spurred a national push to strengthen the domestic supply chain, driving reshoring numbers higher.

Supply chain woes hang over the economy from COVID-induced shortages, ripples from the Suez Canal container ship blockage and U.S. West Coast port congestion.

In my last column, we discussed the conditions propelling a significant global supply chain shift and the positive trend toward localization that is increasing the rate of reshoring by U.S.