--- title: Why Look Abroad For Assembly Solutions? Reshoring Is Growing! and it brings better hardware! description: For awhile, it looked like the entire manufacturing industry was going to move abroad for their operations. image: https://info.zentech.com/hs-fs/file-636408635-jpg/images/assembly-manufacturing1.jpg --- - [Contact Us](https://www.zentech.com/contact) (443) 348-4500 - [Customer Login](http://207.87.225.180/portal/) - [Blog](https://info.zentech.com/blog) - [News](https://www.zentech.com/news/) - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ZentechManufacturing/) - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/zentechman) MENU [![Zentech Manufacturing, Inc](https://info.zentech.com/hubfs/Zentech_May2018/images/zentech-logo.png)](https://www.zentech.com) X - [Blog](https://info.zentech.com/blog) - [News](https://www.zentech.com/news/) - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ZentechManufacturing/) - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/zentechman) - [Contact Us](https://www.zentech.com/contact) (443) 348-4500 - [Customer Login](http://207.87.225.180/portal/) ![Banner Image](https://info.zentech.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Zentech_May2018/images/top-page-banner.jpg?width=2000&height=176&name=top-page-banner.jpg) # Why Look Abroad For Assembly Solutions? Reshoring Is Growing! and it brings better hardware! Posted by [Matthew Turpin](https://info.zentech.com/blog/author/matthew-turpin) on Thu, Jul 17, 2014 @ 07:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![assembly manufacturing](https://info.zentech.com/hs-fs/file-636408635-jpg/images/assembly-manufacturing1.jpg?width=362&height=242&name=assembly-manufacturing1.jpg)For awhile, it looked like the entire manufacturing industry was going to move abroad for their operations. The promise of super-cheap assembly solutions in China or Vietnam or other low-cost countries lured plenty of businesses overseas. When a company could get manufacturing done for one-fourth – or less – of domestic services, it made a compelling financial argument. Unfortunately, as usually happens, it turned out that this [too-good-to-be-true](https://info.zentech.com/blog/bid/349789/Electronic-Contract-Manufacturers-Separating-the-Best-From-The-Rest) arrangement was exactly that. Hidden costs of all sorts began to mount, and often, those who had gone “all in” on overseas manufacturing ultimately compounded their problems. **How Offshore Manufacturing Creates More Problems Than It Solves** Among the major issues that have faced businesses using offshore assembly: - Long, inflexible supply chains require months to alter, often backed with unbreakable contracts. - Lengthy lead times means products could be out of date before they hit the market. - Multiple outsourcers means multiple points of failure. If just one foreign plant fails to do *its *job, it can form a logjam in the entire supply and manufacturing chain. - “You get what you pay for.” Assembly workers making a dollar a day don't produce high-quality goods. QA in foreign plants is often abysmal. - Negative reporting on overseas working conditions -not to mention employee protests- cast shadows on those employing these services... Just ask Apple, or [any other Foxconn client](https://info.zentech.com/blog/bid/240150/Manufacturing-Services-Offshore-Issues-Make-Onshore-More-Economical). - Security leaks. Issues where a foreign contractor has “accidentally” let other manufacturers see a company's schematics are unfortunately common, leading directly to knockoffs. - Open corruption. Without getting into moral arguments, the Asian business world simply **is **more tolerant of kickbacks, embezzlement, and similar matters. This can cause extreme culture shock, if a foreign business doesn't know what they're in for. - An increasing maze of bureaucracy that makes continued business more difficult, as more fingers find ways into your pie. - Cheaply-priced foreign products sold online reduce the perceived value of offshored manufactured goods. Overseas online marketplaces like Alibaba can undercut any foreign setup.  In short, the seemingly-low up-front costs end up buried under an avalanche of hidden costs, market shifts, and the inherent corruption that goes along with Asian business dealings. Granted, this corruption can also ease bureaucratic (or legal) problems, but it doesn't get you better products or happier customers. **Why Reshore?![pcb assambly](https://info.zentech.com/hs-fs/file-1312769485-jpg/images/pcb-assambly.jpg?width=406&height=268&name=pcb-assambly.jpg)** Well, the [reasons to reshore](https://info.zentech.com/blog/bid/348596/Why-Hire-American-Contract-Manufacturers) are pretty obvious. See above. In fact, it's looking like an attractive prospect to more and more businesses. According to a [major study](http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2013-09/28091613-majority-of-large-manufacturers-are-now-planning-or-considering-reshoring-from-china-to-the-u-s-a-survey-by-the-boston-consulting-group-finds-th-256.htm) last year, by the Boston Consulting Group, more than *twice *as many polled CEOs were interested in reshoring as compared to the previous year's poll. **1 – More Oversight** If a company is domestic, that makes it far easier to conduct surprise inspections, audits, or otherwise keep an eye on them to ensure they're adhering to the contract. The remoteness of offshore assembly solutions tends to encourage shady behavior, since any direct oversight is nearly impossible. **2 – More Legal Protections** Say what you will about “over-regulation” among US businesses... much of the time, those regulations protect businesses as much as they inconvenience. When working with a US assembly firm, you have far more legal guarantees that your IP will be protected and secure, along with any computer data used in the creation of those properties. **3 – Better Quality** “Made In America” *used *to mean something, and it still can. America had one of the strongest and best* *manufacturing bases in the world, before everyone started chasing low prices. Plenty of those manufacturers are still around, and they're just waiting for a chance to remind everyone that [American-Made means American ](https://info.zentech.com/blog/bid/231075/Nexus-7-Proves-US-Contract-Electronic-Assembly-is-Cost-Effective)[*Quality*](https://info.zentech.com/blog/bid/231075/Nexus-7-Proves-US-Contract-Electronic-Assembly-is-Cost-Effective), and a guarantee of a long product life. **Look To America For Manufacturing Solutions** Overseas manufacturing is quickly revealing itself to be a quagmire, sucking in too many well-intentioned businesses. Don't be one of them! 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