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Mexico Transportation Risk with Mark Vickers

The Logistics of Logistics

Mark Vickers and Joe Lynch discuss Mexico transportation risk. Mark expanded MacroPoint’s visibility technology into Mexico and got MacroPoint into shipper markets which enabled its acquisition by Descartes in 2017 for $107 Million. For that reason, Mark founded Borderless Coverage. For that reason, Mark founded Borderless Coverage.

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Taming the Supply Chain Beast: Tech Solutions for Smoother Operations with Kendra Phillips

The Logistics of Logistics

Kendra Phillips and Joe Lynch discuss taming the supply chain beast. In that position she was responsible for overseeing the evaluation, development and deployment of new technologies and digital products for the Supply Chain and Dedicated Transportation businesses.

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Auto Industry Concerns in Sourcing Moves Within Mexico

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights concerns raised by automotive industry interests regarding evolving component sourcing among China based suppliers within Mexico. The report notes that electric vehicles assembled in Mexico can qualify for U.S. tax lawyers to identify a path to circumvent any foreign entity concerns.

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5 Things to Know About U.S.-Mexico Logistics

Talking Logistics

Trade flowing across the United States-Mexico border has grown exponentially since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was enacted in 1994. In 2016, the value of goods traded between the two countries topped $525 billion, making Mexico the third largest trading partner of the U.S. Companies carrying freight across the U.S.-Mexico

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Report That Mexico is Becoming a Preferred Nearshoring Strategy

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights a published report indicating that Mexico is increasingly benefiting from a rethink of prior globally extended supply networks. The report cites data indicating that total Mexican exports in May rose by 5.8 percent on a year-over-year basis to $52.9

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Marijuana Supply Chain: Profits and Headaches

Logistics Viewpoints

The marijuana supply chain is an interesting market to follow. Like any agricultural product, there are ebbs and flows to its supply and demand. However, from a purely supply chain standpoint, the marijuana market strikes a similar delicate balance to other perishables.

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Mexico sees solid manufacturing growth, courtesy of nearshoring

Resilinc

Mexico is seeing strong growth in manufacturing. OEMs are building up their supply networks in America’s southern neighbor to nearshore their supply networks closer to the U.S. market and secure redundant sources of supply. Mexico’s largest categories of exports to the U.S. trade data. Due to strong U.S.