Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 6, 2014

What do you think about Mexico? My short answer: What do your customers think about Mexico? The study highlights the opportunity for 3PLs this way: The growth of logistics services plays a crucial role in rendering Mexico’s businesses cost competitive as compared with similar ventures globally. percent and truck by 8.8

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West Coast and California Logistics

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The IMMEX (Industria Manufacturera, Maquiladora y de Servicios de Exportacin) program, established in 2006 by the Mexican government, was designed to promote foreign investment, boost manufacturing, and increase exports from Mexico.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The biggest 5 exporters of candy sweets are Germany, mainland China, Mexico, Belgium, and Spain. This capital will help scale the company’s Shared Autonomy Platform and expand manufacturing for its TWA Reach forklifts, which integrate AI-driven autonomy with human oversight to optimize labor and safety in warehouse operations.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 11, 2025

Automotive: Can JIT manufacturing survive legal disruptions to tariff policy? Tariff uncertainty may prompt manufacturers to increase safety stock levels or pre-purchase materials, squeezing working capital. Companies relocating to Mexico may face rapid reversal in cost advantage if emergency tariffs are struck down.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 3, 2025

In addition to being president of Canacar, Martinez is CEO of Grupo Marva, a carrier with 1,600 trucks and 13 terminals around Mexico, including a facility at the Port of Manzanillo. Trucking companies are] on the brink of bankruptcy, as a result of these days of paralysis.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Companies are proactively acquiring electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers, battery storage providers, and related infrastructure firms to embed sustainability into their operations. imports from China declined by 10% year-over-year, while domestic manufacturing investments surged by over $100 billion.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 16, 2021

In our pandemic research, we interviewed thirty manufacturers. To gain insights, we interviewed Alexandros Skandalakis, Director of Manufacturing Capacity, reporting to operations/manufacturing globally within Philip Morris. We wanted to find a better way to design our network and optimize future manufacturing outcomes.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 8, 2023

or Mexico in 2023. About 88% of U.S.-based based small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) will reorganize their supply chains to leverage suppliers in the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 23, 2020

The post Navigating the Challenges of Cross-Border Trade appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2024

Robotic arms Robin and Sparrow were designed and manufactured at its Robotics Innovation Hub near Boston and help sort customer orders. Mexico was the United States’ top trading partner in March, with two-way trade totaling $68.5 It was the third consecutive month and 13th of the past 14 months Mexico has been No. 3 with $42.7

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 5, 2025

states today allow for driverless vehicles, including Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Aurora believes working with manufacturing partners is the only way to deploy self-driving trucks at scale, and continues to make progress with its partners on purpose-built driverless platforms designed for high-volume production.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JUNE 25, 2020

Will the trend toward a return to “regional manufacturing” boost volumes in over the road transportation in North America as manufacturers move away from Asian overseas operations? As a result, a new focus on network resilience and the idea of more regional manufacturing emerged.”. This strategy is not without its risks though.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 17, 2023

provides enterprise resource planning and other business applications for manufacturers. For example, it can look like imports from China are cheaper than the same goods imported from Mexico if a company is not relying on analysis produced by an advanced good global trade compliance (GTC) system. FTZ’s have many advantages.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 26, 2024

based carrier’s role in Mexico as nearshoring manufacturing trends drive more cross-border trade. Based in Mexico City, Estafeta handles both packages and larger freight shipments and delivers domestically in Mexico and across the border with the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 31, 2014

Manufacturing teams used to manage the supply chain group. Today, in most organizations, the supply chain team manages manufacturing. The irony is that fewer and fewer people within the supply chain team understand manufacturing. Instead, many of these teams just accept manufacturing strategy as a constant.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 2, 2025

The company reduced its manufacturing dependency on China by approximately 80% in response to increasing tariffs and operational risks. To achieve this, Cisco expanded production in India, Mexico, and Eastern Europe, while also boosting investment in its second-largest R&D center in India.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 4, 2025

About Express Logistics Group (T-Rex Prestige Worldwide) Express Logistics Group , a T-Rex Prestige Worldwide company is an elite transportation team focusing in food service, retail and industrial manufacturing. With locations in Cincinnati and Chicago, Express services US, Canada, Mexico and international.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 17, 2025

Companies importing and exporting goods, be it finished retail products, manufacturing components or materials, now face substantial cost and price pressures that squeeze margins and force difficult pricing, sourcing, operations and distribution decisions.

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Cathy Roberson

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Even today when one reads the numerous articles about the benefits of manufacturing or assembling in Mexico, most of them highlight Mexico's low-cost labor and, of course, its proximity to the US market. But what does it all mean for those shippers and manufacturers that rely on cross-border trade between the two countries?

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 28, 2022

California, Mexico sign historic toll- sharing pact for Otay Mesa East Port. The company will evaluate the work of its major manufacturing partners to decarbonize their Apple-related operations (including running on 100 percent renewable electricity) and will track yearly progress. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar, California Lt.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

The push toward nearshoring comes as global supply chains are scrutinizing their supply chains like never before — and with good reason.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 12, 2015

This is the first post in a two part series on the “Changing Face of Manufacturing.” ” We have many manufacturing shipper customers, and we love to create content of value for them on such subjects as best practices in logistics or trends around the supply chain. Drop in the price of crude oil.

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4WL Consulting

MAY 4, 2020

C3Nano is a material technology company developing and manufacturing transparent conductive films, the main component in all touch sensors used in phones, tablets, and more. The top trends impacting manufacturing in the next 3 to 5 years. The top trends impacting manufacturing in the next 3 to 5 years. Transcript.

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4WL Consulting

MAY 4, 2020

C3Nano is a material technology company developing and manufacturing transparent conductive films, the main component in all touch sensors used in phones, tablets, and more. The top trends impacting manufacturing in the next 3 to 5 years. The top trends impacting manufacturing in the next 3 to 5 years. Transcript.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 24, 2024

The indexes will feature in future Empire State Manufacturing and Business Leaders surveys, the bank said. With ongoing economic tensions between the United States and China, companies looking to relocate parts or all of their supply chains continue to look to Mexico. were the top investors in Mexico, accounting for 38% of FDI.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 12, 2024

Camacho also delves into the importance of a skilled workforce in supporting advanced manufacturing and the hyper-regionalization of supply chains driven by consumer demand for fast delivery. Understand the importance of states competing for manufacturing jobs and the need for a skilled workforce in advanced manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 26, 2020

China trade war already had American companies rethinking their relationships with Chinese manufacturers. Then came two additional nails in the coffin.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 30, 2022

The company engages in contract manufacturing services for companies. Then Jabil handles the sourcing and manufacturing of those products. Using a contract manufacturer allows companies to focus on their core competencies, which usually are not designing a product for manufacturing, production, or supply chain management.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 3, 2025

Capacity was reported to be tighter for upstream companies like manufacturers and wholesalers, which returned a neutral reading of 50 compared to downstream retailers, which said capacity notably expanded (65.3). SONAR: Outbound Tender Reject Index for 2025 (blue shaded area), 2024 (green line) and 2023 (pink line).

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Freight Waves

JUNE 4, 2025

Based at Felipe Angeles International Airport outside Mexico City, Awesome Cargo operates twice weekly to China, via Los Angeles International Airport (returning via Seoul, South Korea, and Anchorage, Alaska), and to Latin America for e-commerce platforms and logistics providers. Aerocharter established a U.S.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

of east coast and Gulf of Mexico imports in September, according to an article from the Business Information Industry Association. The fuel supply chain could be one of many chains affected by a hurricane, especially if the hurricane threatens the Gulf of Mexico hampering the oil fields like Katrina did in 2005.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Over 80% of oil output in Gulf of Mexico still offline a week after Ida. The funding will focus on manufacturers of the inputs used in COVID-19 vaccine production as well as facilities that fill and package vaccine vials. US to invest $3 billion in Covid vaccine supply chain. Costco has reintroduced purchase limits.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 24, 2018

administration, and after a lot of back and forth negotiations between the US, Mexico, and Canada over the past year, a new agreement has been reached which is set to be signed soon. How will these changes impact companies, particularly those that trade with Mexico? It turned Mexico into a manufacturing country.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The Chips Act aims to nearshore semiconductor chip manufacturing and related industries to the region, including Mexico, Panama, and Costa Rica, to increase regional supply chain resilience. Complex trade relationships and tariffs in Latin America require specialized expertise for market access and distribution logistics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2022

And new data suggests Mexican suppliers are gaining ground as manufacturers reset their supply chains amid growing global disruptions. The push for suppliers in Mexico comes as more companies say they are resetting their supply chains by adding suppliers and bringing some production closer to end users.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 11, 2025

Reported April 24 Over 60% of our business is from products that are manufactured, bagged, assembled or grown in the United States and only 12% of our business is direct imports. For example, we have opportunities in our supply chain to move dual-sourced SKUs out of China and into Mexico. Christopher J. billion to $1.6 Christopher J.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 24, 2019

North American supply chains for manufactured goods depend heavily on trucking. and Canada and Mexico in 2017.read In fact, 72% of all shipments in the United States travel on truck trailers. And according to statistics from the U.S.

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