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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Talking Logistics

APRIL 6, 2015

As I wrote last October, all signs point to Mexico playing a greater role in supply chains , as companies across a variety of industries grow their presence in the country, either manufacturing in Mexico or growing their supplier base there. A quick aside: kudos to the event organizers for a well-planned and executed event.

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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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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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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

Many off-shore manufacturers have returned to the U.S., Those changes, along with high costs of transporting materials and finished goods to and from overseas locations, make the value of reshoring likely to become a compelling financial reality for many manufacturers. Engineering isn’t disconnected from 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

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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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 19, 2015

There’s more involved in successfully reshoring a foreign manufacturing operation back to the U.S. Reshoring is a hot topic in manufacturing. These “Bring Manufacturing Back” initiatives have many moving parts and require careful planning and execution and very skillful project management. than simple cost comparisons.

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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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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

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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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

An increasing number of major companies are shifting manufacturing back to the U.S. and nearby Mexico in response to a volatile global supply chain landscape.

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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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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 17, 2024

His leadership in international logistics is enhanced by his continuous education including extensive travel in Europe, Asia, Mexico and the Middle East to see port operations for himself. Understand the importance of precise project management and sequencing when moving entire assembly lines and manufacturing equipment.

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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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Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2013

Con-way Freight Raises the Bar on Mexico Service, Adds Door-to-Door Tracking, 24-Hour Customer Resource Center, Enhanced Web Tools. Mergers/Acquisitions This Week in News 3PD Con-way Freight cross-border shipments Evenex HighJump Software last-mile logistics LLamasoft Mexico NAFTA Oracle SAP UPS XPO Logistics'

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

It is not only nearshoring locations like Mexico, Central and Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia who benefit from this change, but also on-shoring locations in major markets like Germany, the UK, France and the US themselves are getting more and more new production plants.

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Elementum

MAY 13, 2015

Walmart Explores Mexico’s Supply Chain. Over the last several months, Walmart— the world's largest retailer— has slowly been increasing the share of products it imports through Mexico, a move that many other retailers have been reluctant to make for decades. Mexico’s $5 Billion Port Facelift. State of New Mexico.

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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

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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NFI Industries

MAY 4, 2015

In recent years there has been a trend of United States and Canadian companies turning to Mexico to manufacture goods, especially in the, auto, plastic, and aerospace. 05/05/2015. Supply Chain. Transportation. Supply Chain, Global , Transportation, Cross-Border.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2022

As organizations look for reducing dependencies on concentrated sources of supply, Eastern Europe, Mexico, and South Asian countries will start providing viable alternatives to the current manufacturing powerhouse countries. As demand for last mile logistics intensifies, warehouses become the prime candidates for automation.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

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. This facility was reportedly aimed to produce the termed Tesla next-generation EV vehicle.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 29, 2015

Robinson Celebrates 25 Years of Business in Mexico. Last November, JDA Software and IBM announced a “new integrated offering [that] will provide retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers with intelligent sourcing, fulfillment and order management capabilities.” Mexico freight totaled $45.2 Mexico freight than in March 2014.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 24, 2019

Manufacturing was transformed into a global enterprise. The Economist says that more companies are sourcing with proximity to their major markets – for instance servicing the EU from Eastern Europe and Northern Africa or the US from Mexico. A decade ago it was unrealistic to compete with “the China price”.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Supply chain disruptions during the pandemic highlighted global dependence on Chinese manufacturing — and those dependencies raised serious concerns among China’s trading partners. Near-shoring and Re-shoring Of course, one way to lower risks from trade with China is to move manufacturing elsewhere.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2021

For example, a vaccine manufacturer increased their order size by a factor of four in one weekend; a video call company wanted to receive ten times as much product as they initially forecast with just a month’s lead-time. Pure Storage’s manufacturing is done at three contract manufacturing sites, two in Texas and one in the Czech Republic.

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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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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 7, 2013

2009: H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico. Since Cisco outsources most of their manufacturing activities, this method may not work if youre a manufacturing company and youre in the impact zone. Lesson learned from Japan is that, you need another kind of IT system if youre in a manufacturing company. And according to the U.S.

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Tecsys

JANUARY 27, 2022

Operating 17 manufacturing facilities in the United States and Mexico, kitchen and bath cabinet… The post American Woodmark Carving Out Improved Supply Chain Efficiency with Tecsys’ Elite™ WMS appeared first on Tecsys.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 22, 2020

This year marks three successful decades of growing and working with customers and carriers in Mexico. Robinson first opened an office in Monterrey, Mexico, the United States has since remained one of Mexico’s largest trading partners in the import and export business. Mexico increasingly more valuable for all world markets.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2021

Belcorp Corporation, headquartered in Peru, manufactures cosmetics and personal care products for women in 14 nations across South and Central America. In Belcorp’s case they have four factories located in Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Ecuador. Belcorp, like most companies in their industry, has quite a complex supply chain.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Before FreightWaves, Anthony received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Economics from New Mexico State University. Anthony’s clients varied from construction, trucking, industrial, software, manufacturing, and retail industries.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 11, 2021

The department educates students to succeed in careers such as procurement, manufacturing, inventory management, warehousing, transportation, and customer service. In 1940, the iron skillet was manufactured in Wisconsin from iron ore mined from Michigan and Minnesota. The manufacturing process will be highly automated.

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