Bringing manufacturing back to the United States means confronting the costs that helped send it overseas. After tariff changes in April 2025, pallet maker RM2 could no longer sustain its operation in Juárez, Mexico. Yet moving home to America meant absorbing those costs—and redesigning the factory so American wages and inputs could work.

Wayne Cochran spent decades helping companies including Motorola and Intel move manufacturing offshore. As CEO of RM2, he led the move the other way. On Market Insider, he walks us through the math behind that decision and why a supply chain rebuilt at home still left the company exposed to a shock from overseas.

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