American Manufacturing Advocate Michele Nash-Hoff to Speak at the Southern California Design-2-Part Show

Online, September 9, 2013 (Newswire.com) - American manufacturing advocate and author Michele Nash-Hoff will present a seminar titled "Returning Manufacturing to America Using Total Cost Analysis," on October 10, 2013 at the Pasadena Center in Pasadena, California. The one-hour session is presented in conjunction with the Southern California Design-2-Part Show running at the same location. The presentation will begin at 11:30 am and is free to all show attendees.

Ms. Nash-Hoff's presentation will cover how supply chain dynamics, labor costs and fuel costs are changing the status quo. She will present a true understanding of the "Total Cost of Ownership" (TCO) concept including what most executives miss when analyzing TCO. The highlight of the presentation will be several real case success stories of companies that have returned work to the U.S. from offshore suppliers and the lessons that are learned from these real world practitioners.

"Having Michele Nash-Hoff speak at our design and contract manufacturing show is a perfect fit," said Jerry Schmidt, President of the Design-2-Part Shows. "Attendees can hear Michele justify bringing work back to the states and then they can walk the show floor and find the high-quality U.S. suppliers they need to solve their challenges."

Michele Nash-Hoff is President of ElectroFab Sales, a manufacturers rep agency, and author of Can American Manufacturing Be Saved-Why We Should and How We Can. She is Past President of the San Diego Chapter of the Electronics Representatives Association and the High Technology Foundation. She is currently a director on the national board of the American Jobs Alliance and Chair of the California chapter of the Coalition for a Prosperous America. Her blog articles appear on the Huffington Post and Industry Week magazine's blog.

Recently, Ms. Nash-Hoff has been speaking on behalf of The Reshoring Initiative, a nonprofit, industry-led organization dedicated to bringing work back to the U.S. from overseas. The Initiative is achieving their goals by helping manufacturers recognize that local production or sourcing may actually reduce their TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) of purchased parts and tooling. The Reshoring Initiative was founded by Mr. Harry Moser who was named to Industry Week magazine's Manufacturing Hall of Fame in 2010 for this work.

The Southern California Design-2-Part Show attracts thousands of design engineers, manufacturing engineers, managers, and buyers to meet local and national job shops and contract manufacturers to source custom parts, components, and services. With over 175 exhibiting companies, this year's show will be D2P's largest show ever in Pasadena.

The show in Pasadena is one of eleven Design-2-Part Shows that will take place in 2013 in major manufacturing hubs within the United States. As per show policy since inception over 38 years ago, D2P Shows exclusively feature job shops and contract manufacturers with manufacturing operations in the United States. Companies that do not have facilities in the U.S. are not permitted to exhibit.

Admission to the Nash-Hoff session and the Southern California Design-2-Part Show is free to qualified industry professionals. For more information or to register for the show, visit www.D2P.com.