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Can the Latin America and Caribbean Region Use Nearshoring to Become a Supply Chain Hub?

MIT Supply Chain

Mexico is particularly strong in heavy manufacturing industries, notably, automotive. An inhibitor to integrating Mexico into North American supply chains is a lack of efficient transportation links, but there is some good news on this front too. Sheffi points to examples such as Argentina?—?entrepreneurs

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Beyond The Data with William Sandoval

The Logistics of Logistics

I have been fortunate to lead teams from Latin America, Mexico to Argentina. The logistics and transportation people are outside of that conversation. When I came from the supply chain side, I worked in automotive. My sister lived in Mexico and Brazil for many years and she said, “ They love American football down there.”