Inside Information from our Survey of Industry Leaders
Between intensifying global trade disputes, rapidly shifting tariff policies, and mounting uncertainty over industrial policy, U.S.-based manufacturers are being forced to reassess logistics and distribution in real time.
For the thousands of companies that already manufacture goods in the United States, these pressures are compounded by an increasingly acute labor shortage.
In this paper, AFIMAC shares findings from an exclusive survey of 128manufacturing leaders across the U.S. The data reveals how manufacturers are adapting labor strategies to remain competitive amid policy volatility, infrastructure strain and workforce instability. As short-term staffing demands escalate, dynamic labor solutions are becoming not just tactical, but strategic