Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 13, 2025

Hunt, BNSF and GMXT Launch Intermodal Freight Delivery Service in Mexico Freight Forwarding/Customs Brokerage The Top 8 EDI Myths - Debunked! Issues Food Alert on Jolly Ranchers Candy More from this author Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter! Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox. Featured Product Popular Stories J.B.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 12, 2025

Featured Product Popular Stories Ship Traffic Through Red Sea Remains Sparse, Despite Houthi-U.S. Truce Ocean Transportation J.B.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2025

firms are increasingly sourcing from Mexico, where labor costs are 20% to 30% lower than in China. However, nearshoring requires significant capital, and infrastructure gaps in countries like Mexico can cause delays. In the face of these challenges, businesses are deploying innovative strategies to mitigate tariff impacts.

Price Reduction

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 20, 2025

It’s the agency’s number-two priority, to be precise — second only to smoking out “waste, fraud and abuse” in white-collar crime, especially in health care and government procurement programs. In a policy memo issued in May, DOJ singled out “trade and customs fraud, including tariff evasion,” as an area of particular focus.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 12, 2025

Supply Chain Planning & Optimization Global Trade & Economics Regulation & Compliance Sourcing/Procurement/SRM Supply Chain Security & Risk Mgmt RELATED CONTENT RELATED VIDEOS Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter! Ajoy Krishnamoorthy is chief executive officer of Cin7. Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

Mexico has unique, strategic advantages under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and a favorable trade environment, “This positions Mexico as a reliable alternative for companies seeking to reduce exposure to trade friction and long lead times from overseas markets,” the report’s authors said.

Mexico

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 6, 2025

That’s higher than regional peers such as Brazil and Mexico, Critically for industrial players, Argentina began lifting currency restrictions and unifying the exchange rate, allowing businesses to access dollars and import equipment and raw materials without bureaucratic gridlock. Driven by purchases of machinery from the U.S.

Argentina

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 1, 2025

RELATED CONTENT RELATED VIDEOS Global Supply Chain Management Global Trade & Economics Supply Chains in Crisis E-Commerce/Omni-Channel Related Articles Stellantis Mulls Pivoting Away from Mexico Under Threat of Trump Tariffs Price Spikes, Pressure on Amazon: What to Watch in E-Commerce This Year U.S.

Survey

Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 17, 2025

According to reporting by Bloomberg ( Paid subscription ), Nations currently in the eye of the trade storm may see even sharper decelerations, with Canadas growth rate tumbling to less than half the OECDs December prediction, Mexico entering a recession, and the annual expansion in the US wilting to 1.6% percent to 2.2 The forecast for U.S.

Forecasting

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 1, 2025

Bloomberg Economics reckon Canada and Mexico, which has an additional 90 days to negotiate, are “well placed to weather the storm” thanks to carve outs for compliant goods compliant with the USMCA trade deal. GDP by 1.8% and lift core prices by 1.1% over a period of two to three years. demand too.

Negotiate Pricing

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 5, 2025

No, Canada and Mexico Are Not Building a Freight Corridor to Avoid the U.S. A July 18 video posted on YouTube by user “ PPR Mundial ” claims Canada and Mexico are seeking to circumvent the U.S. There is no rail route from Mexico to Canada that does not cross the U.S. and Mexico. Now, AI slop has come for supply chain.

Mexico

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 9, 2025

RELATED CONTENT RELATED VIDEOS Global Trade & Economics Regulation & Compliance Chemicals & Energy Industrial Manufacturing Related Articles Trump Heads Toward Tariff Barrage on Canada, Mexico, China U.S. Shipping Costs Threaten to Deliver a New Price Shock More from this author Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter!

Brazil

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 23, 2025

to Mexico, according to the company. locomotive and rail cars along the connector route at the Port of Prince Rupert in British Columbia. President Donald Trump’s trade strategy, fell 5% from a year earlier to C$241 million in the quarter. Every penny of appreciation of the Canadian dollar to the U.S.

Forecasting

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 15, 2025

Mexico accounts for roughly 70% of tomatoes sold in the U.S., up from the 30% share Mexico had 20 years ago. The DOC first signaled its intention to hit Mexico with tariffs on tomatoes in April, when Lutnick announced plans to withdraw from a 2019 trade deal with Mexico. That ends today," Lutnick said.

Mexico

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 6, 2025

Featured Product Popular Stories No, Canada and Mexico Are Not Building a Freight Corridor to Avoid the U.S. Reliance on China for Rare Earths Bloomberg U.S. to Ease Long-Range Drone Rules in Boon for Walmart, Alphabet More from this author Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter! Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox.

Material Savings

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 21, 2025

Europe, Canada, Mexico and South America. It said its shipments to North America were 25% lower in the three months to June compared to the same period in 2024, due in part to tariffs. Total sales over that time were also down 10%. Although Stellantis has manufacturing plants in the U.S., it also manufactures vehicles in the U.K.,

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 12, 2025

Featured Product Popular Stories Ship Traffic Through Red Sea Remains Sparse, Despite Houthi-U.S. Truce Ocean Transportation J.B.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 11, 2025

Featured Product Popular Stories Lawyer for 737 Crash Victim Families Slams DOJ Deal with Boeing Quality & Metrics U.S. Hunt, BNSF and GMXT Launch Intermodal Freight Delivery Service in Mexico Freight Forwarding/Customs Brokerage Digital Edition SupplyChainBrain 2025 ESG Guide: Is ESG Still Relevant?

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 6, 2025

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Pharmaceutical

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 30, 2025

RELATED CONTENT RELATED VIDEOS Global Trade & Economics Regulation & Compliance Related Articles Trump Threatens John Deere With 200% Tariff Over Planned Move to Mexico Trump’s Latest Tariff Plan Threatens U.K. starting August 1, and threatened an additional penalty over the country’s energy purchases from Russia.

Russia

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 24, 2025

companies with engines and transmissions that come from Canada and Mexico are currently subject to 25% tariffs, as part of sweeping levies that impact all foreign vehicles and auto parts. The deal announced on July 22 sets tariffs on Japanese cars at 15%, down from the 25% rate President Trump had previously threatened to impose.

Japan

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The same “If” statement was repeated for a host of financial and operational metrics. The following will delve into some of the intricate farm-to-table challenges that supply chains face across sourcing, demand planning, procurement and inventory management, transportation, and warehousing.

Supply Chain Design Software

Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Procurement has never played such an important role in the increasingly globalised economy. Has procurement fundamentally changed itself in the past 10 years? Strategic Procurement can mean totally different things in different industries and sectors. The time when Procurement was almost a synonym to Purchasing has long gone.

Manufacturing Procurement

Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. Mexico trade. According to the press release: Con-way Truckload today derives 35 percent of its revenue from shipments destined for or originating in Mexico.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 10, 2015

Kevin and I worked together years ago to help define the a baseline framework for strategic sourcing and category management that was deployed within the Lubricants group, and which later became deployed across the entire Shell Procurement organization. Rather, it requires true collaboration with trusted supplier partners.

Negotiating Skills

Resilinc

OCTOBER 11, 2022

There are a lot of hard-headed realists in the procurement and supply chain profession. China ranks number one as the country from which companies are reshoring, followed by Mexico, Canada, India, and Japan. Manufacturing in Mexico today is at least 20% cheaper than China. are: Germany, China, Japan, Canada, and Korea.

Manufacturing Procurement

6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

Companies have been in a “wait and see” mode for the last three to six months with regard to this, and now their procurement and supply chain leadership are being forced to find new and creative ways to handle the purchasing and movement of goods on a global scale. It won’t always be easy.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

“I need you to go down to Mexico right away. And they were dealing with Invoices and issues from every site around the world, not just the one in Mexico. We got on the phone with the Supply Chain team in Mexico to try to get our arms around the problem and develop an action plan. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

Pricing Training

6 River Systems

JUNE 10, 2019

Dave Munson @saddlebackbags Dave Munson is the founder and CEO of Saddleback Leather and of their leather factory, Old Mexico Manufacturing. She is a global executive with a wealth of experience in leading procurement operations, business outsourcing, transformation and technology across industries. What are you doing about it?

Sourcing Strategies

Requis

MARCH 23, 2021

I spent a long time with Bechtel doing large projects all around the world including Mexico, Thailand, Egypt, and India. I joined BP a year before the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico. Sustainability should impact procurement choices, such as favoring lower embodied carbon products over higher embodied carbon products.

Material Savings

Locus

JUNE 3, 2022

billion metric tons—the emissions have rebounded in 2021 and 2022. Hurricane Ida struck the Gulf of Mexico in August 2021, destroying industrial installations for pharmaceuticals and plastics. In the case of manufacturers, it means procuring green and sustainable raw materials.

Negotiating Skills

GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

A Possible Stimulus on the Horizon May Increase the Challenge of Procurement Through Peak Season. Hurricane season threatens to disrupt activities across the eastern seaboard and along the Gulf of Mexico. transportation metrics ?that Download the White Paper: Over the Road Freight Management Trends. continued growth and success.

Prescriptive Analytics Software

NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 8, 2019

My first Monday in, I asked for a full report of all our supply chain metrics, and my analyst told me he could get it to me by Friday. The major components include revenue, income statement, and balance sheet metrics, but others may follow that are important to the organization and its stakeholders.

Supply Chain Design Software

ivalua

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

What will Procurement Best Practices be in 2021? The problem was compounded by the pandemic, and beginning in March last year, CPOs and procurement leaders were really put to the test. . Ardent Partners Procurement Metrics That Matter, Feb 2021. Prediction 3: Procurement will drive critical business strategies in 2021-22.

Manufacturing Procurement

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 3, 2025

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Resource Reduction

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 8, 2025

Global Supply Chain Management BYD Shelves Plans to Build Major Mexico Car Plant Over Trump’s Trade War Global Trade & Economics Navigating Workforce Uncertainty During Regulatory Upheaval HR & Labor Management Digital Edition SupplyChainBrain 2025 ESG Guide: Is ESG Still Relevant?

Policies

Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Mexico and Canada are heading into 2018 with no clear plan for saving the North American Free Trade Agreement,” states a Bloomberg article published on December 15. More stringent customer delivery requirements is another factor that’s driving demand for real-time visibility, with On-Time In-Full (OTIF) becoming a more critical metric.

Predictive Analytics Software