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Mexico sees solid manufacturing growth, courtesy of nearshoring

Resilinc

Mexico is seeing strong growth in manufacturing. market and secure redundant sources of supply. demand and a revival of the auto sector, investors are moving in and banks are getting ready to finance new projects,” in Mexico, reported Bloomberg in April. “Due Mexico’s largest categories of exports to the U.S. As new U.S.

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How Automotive Companies Are Transforming Their Supply Chains, Part 2

BlueYonder

The following are the insights gained from my discussion with Salim Shaikh , who leads Blue Yonder’s Automotive Industry Strategy, during a recent Blue Yonder Live and webinars that we prepared for jointly. This is the exact word that used by Kelly Bysouth, the chief supply chain officer at International Automotive Components (IAC).

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Added Evidence of Emerging Regionalization of Global Supply Networks

Supply Chain Matters

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group, via its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog calls reader attention to two recently published research papers that address evidence of ongoing shifts in global supply component and end production sourcing. The above seems to imply, from our lens, the movement toward China Plus sourcing activity.

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Evidence That Manufacturers are Seeking Added Resiliency and Control of Supply Networks

Supply Chain Matters

That would include alternatives to China under the umbrella of China Plus sourcing. Further, some industries are defining more direct control under the notions of supply chain vertical integration, or complete transformations of strategic supply networks in the case of global automotive industry manufacturers. Mexico is near the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-up: Regulator Approves Canadian Pacific Merger with KCS and Added Rivian Development

Supply Chain Matters

In this update, we note the approval of a significant merger involving North America rail service and an additional development involving Amazon and Rivian Automotive related to an ongoing EV parcel van delivery contract. Such a network would be pivotal to supporting material moves for the re-constituted USMCA trade agreement.

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Logistics Bureau Supply Chain and Logistics News Roundup, July 2022

Logistics Bureau

Increased near-shoring in Mexico and elsewhere as companies seek shorter supply chains. Supply challenges arising from the war will hit many industries, with electronics being a prime example, since Russia and Ukraine are both sources of materials such as palladium and neon , vital for the manufacture of semiconductors.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 29 – November 2, 2018)

Talking Logistics

I’m in beautiful Santa Fe, New Mexico this morning. UPS Tells Shippers to Prepare for Freight Strike (WSJ – sub. ” Source: “Competing on Customer Experience: The Driving Force Behind Supply Chain Innovation,” Adelante SCM & BluJay Solutions, Aug. Santa Fe is at an elevation of 7,200 feet.