PDM Meeting Information

Please see the details below for the free online Professional Development Meeting. 

Click on Home Page for meeting registration:  https://lehighvalley.ascm.org/

 

DATE: April 9, 2026

TIME: 7:00 pm.

 

This month's PDM features a live speaker via Zoom meeting: 

 

Topic:  Reshoring U.S. Manufacturing 

Speaker:  William Levinson ​

 

 

Overview:
  1. Manufacturing is the foundation of national prosperity and also military power
    1. A decline in manufacturing capability is a universal leading indicator of a decline in national well-being and affluence.
    2. It is a bad idea to cede this power to Mainland China, an unreliable supplier and a dangerous geopoliticial rival.
    3. A manufacturing resurgence is the only way to reverse the Federal deficit.
    4. Tariffs (2025) are yet another reaon to become self-sufficiient.
  2. Eliminate the paradigm that cheap labor is really cheap, and we have a compelling argument for reshoring.
  3. The good news is that proven, off-the-shelf solutions to the challenge of cheap offsore labor have been available for more than 100 years.