TMC

MAY 26, 2016

Five Ways to Drive a High-Performance, Cross-Border Automotive Supply Chain.Connect. and Mexico? The obvious answer is the busy border, but our experience in the automotive vertical suggests otherwise. Department of Commerce , in 2015 Mexico produced 3.4 supplier ships more product than a buyer in Mexico can handle.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Supply Chain Nation recently sat down with Automotive Logistics Group Publisher, Louis Yiakoumi, about the hot topics in this industry. In Part II he will cover what automotive companies are doing to overcome those challenges. SCN: What are companies doing to overcome the key challenges facing the automotive industry?

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

I spent some time visiting this week with Sensata in Aguascaliente Mexico. Sensata is a major manufacturer of automotive sensors, with major customers such as Continental AG, BMW, Bosch, Nissan, Caterpillar and others. Sensata has a stated intention of continuing to be the low cost manufacturer of high quality automotive sensors.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 25, 2024

Financial Highlights- Q4-2023 Total automotive Q4-2023 revenue was reported as $21.6 Automotive Q4 gross profit was $14.4 Financial Highlights- Full Year 2023 Total 2023 automotive revenues were reported as $82.4 Automotive gross profit in 2023 was $17.6 billion vs. consensus analyst expectation of $25.6 billion credit.

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RFgen

JULY 11, 2016

Mexico offers a skilled and affordable work force. Some companies have found success by nearshoring to Mexico instead of going with traditional options for offshoring facilities. Forbes explained how Mexico is currently undergoing manufacturing growth that makes the country an ideal candidate for production. Ford is a U.S.

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RFgen

JULY 11, 2016

Mexico offers a skilled and affordable work force. Some companies have found success by nearshoring to Mexico instead of going with traditional options for offshoring facilities. Forbes explained how Mexico is currently undergoing manufacturing growth that makes the country an ideal candidate for production. Ford is a U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 5, 2024

Production execution surged compared to January and February, as panelists’ companies reenter expansion.” Mexico Production Level Unchanged We wanted to include in our highlights of March and Q1-2024 PMI highlights the S&P Global Mexico Manufacturing PMI®. nearshoring manufacturing presence.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

There is no question that the automotive industry has seen rapid change and improvement over the past three years. To learn more about what is impacting the industry today, Supply Chain Nation spoke with Louis Yiakoumi, Group Publisher for Automotive Logistics magazine to get his insights for our Expert Insights series.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

This prediction pointed to three specific industry sectors, namely automotive, alternative energy including solar, wind, and battery, high tech including semiconductor production, transitioning to three spheres of global regionalization over a five year horizon. import share in auto parts, glass, iron and steel products.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 10, 2023

Tesla Senior Vice President of Automotive , Tom Zhu, who took up residence at the Shanghai auto factory during lockdown, was present at the announcement this weekend. The new factory itself has groundbreaking scheduled for the third quarter of this year with readiness for operation planned by the second quarter of 2024.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 1, 2023

Mexico will become a destination hub for many companies in the US – but within reason. As I noted in a prior blog, and as discussed in the New York Times today – Mexico is a great option – but the capacity isn’t there yet. Chinese manufacturing is of such scale, that moving it to the US or Mexico is unlikely.

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LevaData

AUGUST 7, 2020

GlobalAutoIndustry.com interviewed LevaData's Richard Barnett on the impact of the USMCA on the automotive industry. However, Mexico would need to substantially raise wages to comply with the agreement which would raise costs across the board. One of the key points was the impact of the $16 proposed production wage under the USMCA.

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Taulia

APRIL 19, 2021

The automotive industry has been particularly affected, with global passenger car sales down by 15.3% While the approval of COVID-19 vaccines is fueling optimism for a better future, how can automotive companies prepare for a post-COVID world? The coronavirus pandemic has caused economic and societal disruption worldwide. to only 63.4

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 20, 2023

As a comparison, the EV automaker’s automotive gross margin, excluding regulatory credits reached a peak of 25.1 Future Production Capacity Bloomberg noted in its reporting that Tesla is now slow walking the automaker’s plans for a previously announced investment in a new factory complex in Mexico.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 19, 2022

Over the past 20 years I have been fortunate to have worked in various industries (Automotive, Electronics, Plastics, Oil/Gas, Financial and Communication Equipment) for various world class companies, with a focus on Strategic Sourcing and Procurement. I am currently on a confidential long term consulting engagement in Mexico.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In ARC’s recent study of this software market, MIC was the largest provider of Global Trade Compliance (GTC) software solutions to the automotive industry. But in some industries, automotive is a prime example, these solutions enable optimal decision-making with respect to the impact of customs on business operations.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

However, in this add-on side panel posting we wanted to add additional backdrop to specifically Germany, considered to be the prime workhorse and leading indicator of the European manufacturing sector, particularly concerning industrial, chemical, automotive and intermediate component goods. percent in Q1-2023, after declining by 0.2

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QAD

JULY 18, 2019

This is taking place more as young people in urban communities are driving less, accelerating the shift toward what’s being dubbed “peak automotive production” — a time in the not-too-distant future when sales of private vehicles across the western world may plateau before making a swift descent. Evolving Scenarios.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

automotive supply chain footprint is the unique nature of existing auto assembly and supplier production sites where foreign based auto manufacturers have elected to primarily locate production within U.S. Specifically for the U.S. southern states where right to work and non-union labor laws are practiced. Thus, some U.S.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 13, 2015

As I wrote back in December: A similar race is on to expand beyond the usual set of industries — namely, Automotive, High Tech, Retail, and CPG — and establish a leading presence in historically underserved and underpenetrated vertical industries, such as Oil & Gas and Chemical.

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Resilinc

JULY 6, 2021

Dozens of industries including automotive, life sciences, high tech, home goods, and cosmetics have been impacted. Of the thousands of suppliers Resilinc has mapped in these regions, many have had operations disrupted by government-imposed lockdowns and labor shortages.

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BlueYonder

JULY 9, 2013

One clear example of this prowess is automotive manufacturing. Most of the large automotive brands have already invested in the region and are working to expand their production facilities in the near term. In fact, industry experts anticipate Mexico’s auto output to hit a record 2.86 As always, let us know what you think.

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QAD

JULY 9, 2020

The automotive industry has taken an existing concept and adapted it for current times. Because the pandemic reached Mexico later than some other regions, the teams had time to study the responses in other countries and learn from their successes as well as their mistakes. What We Can Learn from Soccer.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 16, 2019

So if 90 percent of a pair of shoes is made in the United States and the final touches are added in Mexico, they can still be labeled as made in the USA. Some of the process, such as model creation for each car, will likely continue in Mexico. manufacturing #tradewars #automotive. There are pros and cons to this move.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 17, 2021

Christoper Matthews points out that a number of critical areas were impacted… “The power outages brought the world’s largest petrochemical complex to a standstill, forcing more plants in the Gulf of Mexico region to shut down than during Hurricane Harvey in 2017. as supplies tighten.

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QAD

DECEMBER 2, 2021

When an automotive parts factory in Mexico shuts down, or a shipment gets stuck at a congested port, you need a backup plan. The pandemic has exposed the weaknesses and risks of supply chains worldwide, making it more important than ever for manufacturers and suppliers to communicate and respond to market volatility in real-time.

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MIT Supply Chain

AUGUST 21, 2014

Similarly, an automotive company has three response team structures. The supplier served every one of the company’s assembly plants as well as 80 other automotive suppliers. A CPG firm’s local/national/global response effort was called into action in April this year following an earthquake in Mexico.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 5, 2024

This eclipse will be the first total solar eclipse to be visible in the provinces of Canada since February 26, 1979, the first in Mexico since July 11, 1991, and the first in the United States since August 21, 2017. It will be the only total solar eclipse in the 21st century where totality will be visible in Mexico, the U.S.,

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Logility

AUGUST 25, 2021

Omega Pharma International Nv, TBC DE Mexico S.A. During the quarter, SaaS subscription and/or software license agreements were signed with customers located in the following 8 countries: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, United Kingdom, and United States. Trinseo S.A., and WEG Equipamentos Elétricos S.A.

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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 26, 2022

Today, leading companies across varied industry verticals that include retail, consumer and industrial products manufacturing, high-tech and semiconductor, life sciences, automotive, telecom, and oil and gas leverage :o9’s Digital Brain platform for transforming their supply chain, commercial and integrated business planning capabilities.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

On Monday, I would speak in Orlando Florida at the Terra Technology event; and on Wednesday, present the keynote at the Logistic Summit & Expo in Mexico City. The DuPont supply chain supplied products and services into the housing and automotive supply chains. This work is important to me. 3) Distributor Sales.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2023

Supply Chain Focused Announcements During the investor event, CEO Musk confirmed an earlier announcement of an investment in a new production facility to be located in Monterrey, Mexico , and that this facility is destined to produce the termed next-generation EV vehicle.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 22, 2023

That included an announced $5 billion investment in a new production complex to be located in Monterrey, Mexico, and characterized as producing the EV automaker’s next generation vehicle. They shared a new audacious master plan that will require upwards of $175 billion of investment, of which, $28 billion has already been invested.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Green supply chain history: The origin of Supply Chain Management can be dated back to the early 20th with Henry Ford who vertically integrates the automotive supply chain and organizational practices. The approach of “ Just in time ” and “ supply chain management ” focused on optimizing efficiency and reducing waste.

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QAD

JULY 9, 2020

The automotive industry has taken an existing concept and adapted it for current times. Because the pandemic reached Mexico later than some other regions, the teams had time to study the responses in other countries and learn from their successes as well as their mistakes. What We Can Learn from Soccer.

Resource Reduction 59

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Elementum

AUGUST 29, 2017

As a center of petro-chemical industry and a conduit of trucking and rail out of Mexico, the key supply chain hub is currently devastated by Hurricane Harvey. Delays in the automotive industry are also expected due to these disruptions.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 12, 2018

HERE and FreightVerify partner to optimize the automotive industry supply chain. From Mexico to the U.S., HERE expands partnership with SAP to offer location-enhanced business applications. Chemical Suppliers Recognize Financial Rewards of Digitization Efforts with Trading Partners (Elemica).

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