Trend · rank 59 of 250

Reshoring & localised manufacturing

Automation, additive manufacturing and smaller flexible plants are improving the economics of producing near demand, giving nations localisation options for resilience without removing scale, cost and supplier constraints.

Production & InnovationTrade, industry & supply chainsmanufacturingresiliencelogistics

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass unchanged. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
59of 250
Sensitivity
10.8rank 97
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
30.9rank 145
Eigenvector
0.7
Betweenness
58.2
Links
10trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
29.2

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
99
Over a year
+9%Steady
Over three years
−9%
Peak
1312 Jun 2024
Sources
Bothagreement 0.11
Coverage
7languages · 55 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (7 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English68%99+10%
German9%87+6%
Chinese6%110+28%
Spanish6%83−14%
French6%94+12%
Italian4%86+24%
Japanese0%65+2%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

China

Mexico

Singapore

South Korea

Netherlands

Germany

United States

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Sweden

United Arab Emirates

Canada

100

80

77

77

32

28

28

27

26

24

24

22

The 12 highest of 55 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English104−7%+13%+9%
EuropeGoogle in 4 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian75−20%+16%−36%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 4 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese108−6%+77%+4%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Spanish62−1%−17%−59%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
AustraliaGoogle112−43%+53%+102%
CanadaGoogle105−17%+14%+4%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French63−30%+5%−48%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German81−19%+21%−20%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian53−35%−1%−64%
JapanWikipedia in Japanese65−9%+2%−48%
South KoreaGoogle92−20%+26%−19%
MexicoGoogle40−1%−23%−81%
United KingdomGoogle113+5%+57%+5%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English105−6%+13%+10%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
4 · HighCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
3 · ModerateA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
2 · LowA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
2 · LowA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
1 · Very lowA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
1 · Very lowCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
4 · HighManufacturing overcapacityTrade, industry & supply chains51
3 · ModerateIndustrial policy competitionTrade, industry & supply chains26
3 · ModerateTrade & investment fragmentationTrade, industry & supply chains37
3 · ModerateBatteries & energy storageTrade, industry & supply chains42
3 · ModerateRegional medicines manufacturingPeople, health & work52
3 · ModerateDefence industrial base & munitionsConflict & security92
3 · ModerateSolar manufacturing cost declineTrade, industry & supply chains107
3 · ModerateIndustrial robotics & automationPeople, health & work150
3 · ModerateSmart manufacturing & digital twinsTrade, industry & supply chains158
3 · ModerateAutonomous vehiclesTrade, industry & supply chains228