Toppe Consulting – Your Source for Digital News & Trends in the Legal Industry Kearney’s 2025 Reshoring Index plummeted by 311 basis points, falling back into negative territory after two positive years, as the manufacturing import ratio increased 9% with imports from 14 Asian low-cost countries growing faster than U.S. domestic manufacturing output. The reversal...
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Dear Reader, I hope this message finds you well. I’m reaching out with an exciting opportunity to amplify your voice and expertise across two influential publications in South Carolina’s business community. As the publisher and editor of both the Toppe Consulting newsletter and the well-established South Carolina Manufacturing newsletter (https://www.southcarolinamanufacturing.com/), I’m inviting select professionals to...
Manufacturing’s Data Security Dilemma: Why Nearly Half of Companies Fear AI Adoption
Toppe Consulting – Your Source for Digital News & Trends in the Legal Industry Nearly half of manufacturers cite data protection concerns as a major factor impacting their AI adoption decisions, according to Microsoft’s 2025 Manufacturing Signals Report. This isn’t mere corporate paranoia—it reflects the harsh reality that connected factories create unprecedented vulnerabilities where intellectual...
The $1 Trillion Skills Gap: How AI Automation Is Widening Manufacturing’s Workforce Crisis
Toppe Consulting – Your Source for Digital News & Trends in the Legal Industry American manufacturing stands at a crossroads where technological advancement collides with workforce reality. The industry faces a projected shortfall of 2.1 million unfilled jobs by 2030—a gap that could cost the U.S. economy $1 trillion in 2030 alone, according to research...
Why 80% of Manufacturers Are Racing to Adopt AI—And Why Half Will Fail
Toppe Consulting – Your Source for Digital News & Trends in the Legal Industry American manufacturing faces a technology paradox that threatens to reshape the industrial landscape. While 80% of manufacturers are either using or planning to adopt generative AI according to Microsoft’s 2025 Manufacturing Signals Report, the sector simultaneously confronts an unprecedented workforce crisis...