Recent behaviors of manufacturing firms are to relocate their manufacturing activities from previous offshored locations. To assess if it is optimal to start investigating a relocation of manufacturing activities, decision-makers apply pre-assessments in the initiation of the manufacturing relocation process. However, this topic is underdeveloped, thus the purpose of this study is to investigate how firms implement pre-assessments performed in the initiation of the manufacturing relocation process. The results of the single case study highlight two paths for initiation of the relocation process (procurement and manufacturing), and the implemented pre-assessments were performance, investment, make-or-buy, supplier, risk, and scenario assessments.