Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 5, 2022

According to Joel Garcia, the senior vice president of supply chain at Spinnaker SCA, global SIs can charge as much as $300 an hour despite having several consultants on the project offshore, usually in India, and being paid a much lower salary than in the US or Europe. Mexico, of course, has lower salaries than the US or Western Europe.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Now without further ado, I give you the top 10 manufacturing blog posts of the year by page view: The Reshoring (and Logistics) Debate: Mexico Vs China Manufacturing, Who Has the Upper Hand Now? However, we are also seeing a rise in companies moving from China to Mexico, for many reasons. Read Full Post.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JUNE 25, 2020

With trade wars and tariffs pinching operational profitability, manufacturers are looking at alternative locales like VietNam, India and, Mexico. For American manufacturers of high tech, industrial and food and beverage products, the Mexico option poses a unique opportunity.

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 16, 2017

India is on the cusp of a supply chain transformation that may end up being nothing short of a major game changer. At IMD, we often discuss the distribution footprint of L’Oréal which had an outsized 15% of distribution centers located in India. Unilever, for example, has 38 factories in India out of more than 300 factories worldwide.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Mexico Customs Management. India and US reach WTO breakthrough over food (BBC News). Mexico customs process.” As I wrote last month, all signs point to Mexico playing a greater role in supply chains , and facilitating the flow of information and documents across trading partners and customs agencies is a critical enabler.

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TransAudit

APRIL 17, 2025

How Global Shippers Are Responding Proactive Strategies Supply Chain Teams Are Using To minimize exposure and cost, companies are adapting with agility: Dynamic sourcing : Shifting suppliers to countries like Mexico, India, or Vietnam to reduce tariff exposure.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Our team consists of people from different parts of Mexico such as Mexico City, Guanajuato, Tamaulipas, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, among others. In fact, the team also includes people from all around the world such as Colombia and India. Our cuisine language, and culture are shared daily. It’s a way for us to bond even further.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Vietnam and India are two countries that have benefited from such decisions. He reports, “Over the past 18 months, Chinese companies have leased up to 80% of industrial parks space in Mexico. How could you nearshore production to less geopolitically risky places like Mexico? Take a good, hard look at your operations.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 16, 2024

increased 10 percent, while Vietnam and India inbound volumes reportedly increased 20 percent for DHL. DHL anticipates between a 10 percent to 15 percent increase in holiday season fulfillment within Mexico this year. Reportedly, increases in air freight demand out of Asia increased during the summer months. percent to 3.5

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Kinaxis

JUNE 19, 2017

Emerging economies, those classed as part of the E7 (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, Turkey), are hitting the leaderboard of the top 10 countries with the most purchasing power. The current categorization of G7 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, USA) won’t be applicable. Realistically, it already isn’t.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 9, 2015

After China, other regions that have growth potential, according to 3PL and supply chain executives, are North America, Asia (not including China and India) and Western Europe, in that order. Other emerging markets include South America (not including Mexico), India, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Mexico.

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QAD

MAY 29, 2025

Brazil, Mexico and India, the company needed a cohesive, standardized approach to quality management to support its rapid growth and evolving customer expectations. Autokiniton is the second-largest Body-in-White and vehicle-frame supplier in North America and a vertically integrated powerhouse. With more than 8.3

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 24, 2016

As emerging markets like India, China, Mexico, Brazil, etc. They want a transparent, clean, ethical supply chain, which should also help increase the demand for cold chain services. Emerging market growth. become wealthier, they are buying more cold chain services.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 8, 2025

So we articulated about 14% from China, which, you know, if you do all of the math, you know, our NAPA business is really the outsized exposure with China, Mexico, Canada, 20% to 15% to 5%, respectively. So we think the diversification of the business is an advantage. But certainly, a fluid situation that we’re monitoring day by day.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 8, 2020

Reassess your current supply chains in China, India, and other global hot spots. Keep in mind that political protests that disrupted business recently were not limited to strictly Hong Kong and China, but also happened in Latin America, Middle East, Brazil, India and Mexico as well.

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The Network Effect

MARCH 20, 2015

Williams-Sonoma and Zara head to Mexico. E-commerce focus in North America, UK, Germany, Japan, China, India, and Brazil is intense. Global headlines anticipating growth through globalization are plentiful. US brands targeting global growth. European luxury brands focused on growth in the US. Apple and Calvin Klein launch in China.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 24, 2019

For example, people often think about Apple as a global brand… but not in China or India, the two biggest markets in the world! In India, the story is even more bleak, as they don’t even make the top 5. More nations are becoming more protectonist in nature, whether its Europe, China, India, and of course the US.

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Cathy Roberson

JUNE 1, 2025

We estimate that the combination of the United States and Mexico are approximately 25% of product COGS at this point. The consumer electronics products that are coming from Mexico, including televisions and major appliances, are compliant with the USMCA trade agreement and are not subject to tariffs.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 8, 2020

Our fellow associates from the US, Mexico, Singapore and India, and ‘furry friends’ taught everyone about: • What does Blue Yonder do? I was delighted to be asked to “host” this virtual town hall which brought together a range of associates from around the company and world. What do we build? • How do we deliver?

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 24, 2016

As emerging markets like India, China, Mexico, Brazil, etc. They want a transparent, clean, ethical supply chain, which should also help increase the demand for cold chain services. Emerging market growth. become wealthier, they are buying more cold chain services.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 24, 2016

As emerging markets like India, China, Mexico, Brazil, etc. They want a transparent, clean, ethical supply chain, which should also help increase the demand for cold chain services. Emerging market growth. become wealthier, they are buying more cold chain services.

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Logility

DECEMBER 2, 2020

NGC has offices in Miami, New York, Los Angeles, Canada, China, India, Mexico, and El Salvador and is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Software, Inc. NASDAQ: AMSWA). For more information, visit www.ngcsoftware.com.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 25, 2022

Increased near-shoring in Mexico and elsewhere as companies seek shorter supply chains. Industrial Relations Issues Adding to Container Woes in India and Germany. Port congestion has been building in Germany and India , where transport and port workers are engaged in squabbles with employers. The grain blockaded in Ukraine.

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JDA software

MAY 16, 2019

JDA’s Crystal Ball event began last year across our two India-based Centers of Excellence to tackle the constant shift in technology head-on through our best asset – our people! We’ve expanded these beyond India into Monterrey, Mexico and most recently, Scottsdale as well. What a great showcase! But best of all?

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Resilinc

MAY 4, 2021

Here’s how and why it works: Mexico and Canada already rank as the United States’ second- and third-largest trading partners: Mexico provided 13.9% And while Canada and Mexico can boast advanced manufacturing expertise, the export economies in most of Central America are primarily agricultural. and Canada 11.6% manufacturing.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 12, 2015

Already, the US is looking as attractive as Mexico to manufacturers and is likely to match China in attractiveness in the near future, according to the MAPI Foundation , which produces in-depth economic reports widely read by the press, government official and the business community. Rising costs of labor in China and other places.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Our 2023 predictions among areas of anticipated strategic shifting of industry product supply networks have indeed occurred as business and their supply chain management teams actively initiated added resiliency and agility efforts with the major country recipients being India and Mexico.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Before, they might say to purchasing, “You guys have done a brilliant job; you’ve reduced your costs by a million dollars because you’re buying everything from India. And the logistics guys would say, “Yeah, but you’re buying everything from India, so the logistics costs have gone up.”

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Resilinc

APRIL 17, 2024

For example, Mattel moved production of Barbie toys from Asia to Mexico. Key countries that businesses are moving to include India, Thailand, and Vietnam. Here’s a look at each of these strategies: Nearshoring is the practice of outsourcing business processes to companies located in neighboring countries rather than distant locations.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

Comparing the pre-pandemic 2018 Production Statistics to the 2021 Production Statistics published by the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA), although car production has reduced over recent years, China remained the highest car producing country, followed by the United States, Japan and India.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 28, 2021

Instead of relying only on China, consider manufacturing hubs such as Vietnam, Mexico and India which are likely to gain greater prominence.” “When Chinese factories closed in early 2020,” Krause observes, “manufacturers struggled to switch to other suppliers. ” 2.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

So whether it is Viet Nam or India or Mexico, the cost differences in labor are going to narrow between high cost countries—United States, Europe—and low cost countries—Viet Nam, India, China, or Mexico. or at least Mexico. And the same applies to any other regional supply chain strategy.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 6, 2023

Among the activity of the 29 nations that make up this index, only seven had indexes of positive values in December, which included India , Mexico, the Philippines , among four others. For the developing regions sector, India remains a standout, followed by Thailand , Mexico and Indonesia. but a significant 10.2

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

TPP is a unprecedented trade deal in history because it involves 12 countries (United States, Japan, Australia, Peru, Malaysia, Vietnam, New Zealand, Chile, Singapore, Canada, Mexico, and Brunei Darussalam), which accounts for 40% of global trade. (The The global trade amounts to US$ 38 trillion in 2014, where China took the lead with US$ 4.2

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Elementum

MAY 26, 2022

They expanded first into other parts of eastern Asia (Vietnam, Thailand, India), then into eastern Europe (Poland, Ukraine) and Mexico. From 2002 to 2013, the cost of manufacturing in China increased almost 500%, making China significantly more expensive than places like India.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

It is done by Logistrap in Mexico, they reduced their space within the warehouses and container ships to transport more within the same number of trips (Logistrap, 2020). Calcutta, India: IGI Global. Bangalore, India: Elsevier Ltd.8). Companies in India. International journal of production economics (Vol. 181 part B).

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

Locations that have benefitted from this sourcing shift are noted in the report as Vietnam and Mexico , the latter being a preferred nearshoring or friendshoring alternative. As an example, the authors point to Vietnam gaining ground in electronics, apparel and textiles, while Mexico has been increasing U.S. supply chain activity.

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