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Regionalization: a Catalyst for Supply Chain Efficiency
Regionalization: a Catalyst for Supply Chain Efficiency

In response to growing customer expectations, supply chains are looking at regionalization as a way to be more efficient. At the beginning of this year, Morai Logistics presented 4 supply chain and logistics trends to watch for 2019. Included in this list were the current capacity crunch, transportation regulation mandates and direct-to-consumer fulfillment that result […]

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Lázaro Cárdenas Container Terminal: The New Mexican Logistics Hub
Lázaro Cárdenas Container Terminal The New Mexican Logistics Hub

Mexico continues its rise as an important global logistics hub with the opening of a new container terminal at the Lázaro Cárdenas port, earlier this month. There are ten reasons why this is important to companies with supply chains in South America. Lázaro Cárdenas is Mexico’s busiest port and considered one of Latin America’s most […]

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Will North America Be the Next Outsourcing Destination for Manufacturing?
Will North America Be the Next Outsourcing Destination for Manufacturing

Dongguan Win Win Industrial, a Chinese shoe factory that makes high-quality shoes for large American chains, is looking to the U.S to source its manufacturing. Wall Street journal writer Andrew Brown wrote about the story on Tuesday as the growing trend of nearshoring for outsourcing solutions develops. The case Brown looks at isn’t isolated. Other […]

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eBook: Offshoring, Nearshoring, Reshoring – What’s the difference?

Outsourcing is business strategy of contracting work out to a third-party. Companies use outsourcing to gain access to cheaper labour, larger specialized labour pools, and/or obtain other benefits through an economy of scale. The term encompasses both the setup of a subsidiary, and the off-site activities of a company. For decades, companies used outsourcing strategies […]

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The Success of 3PLs and Mexico As A Logistics Hub
The Success of 3PLs and Mexico As A Logistics Hub

On February 4, 2014, we released a white paper detailing the different ways the logistics landscape had changed. Developments in the industry had created new challenges and opportunities all along the supply chain, shifting the world of transportation. The last few years has seen many developments in the realm of logistics. The recent carrier, port, […]

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Mexico’s Railroad Ride to Logistics Success

Last Friday, a new international rail bridge between the United States and Mexico was finally operational. The project took 15 years to complete, and had a price tag that ran over $120 million according to an article in the San Antonio Express news. This new international bridge, of a sort not built in over one […]

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INFOGRAPHIC: 12 Reasons to Invest in Mexican Nearshoring
INFOGRAPHIC 12 Reasons to Invest in Mexican Nearshoring

In recent years, the growing trend with many U.S. companies has been to relocate some or even all of their off-shore production back to North America. China no longer holds the sway that it used to, but countries such as Mexico are quickly becoming the much more attractive option. Here are 12 reasons why you […]

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Where will you manufacture?: Near-shoring vs. Re-shoring
Where will you manufacture Near-shoring vs. Re-shoring

In the past, we’ve written about the benefits of near-shoring over off-shoring. However, something we haven’t discussed in much detail is re-shoring. A recent article on EBN discussed the findings of Cushman & Wakefield’s 2015-2017 North American Industrial Forecast. In the article, writer Jennifer Baljko highlights the differences between the praise reshoring has gotten in […]

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How Nearshoring Facilitates PR and Social Media in Supply Chain and Logistics
How Nearshoring Facilitates PR and Social Media in Supply Chain and Logistics

Next week marks the anniversary of one of the most damaging data breaches in recent history. During the Black Friday of last year, retail giant Target Corp.’s had the credit and debit card numbers and personal details of over 40 million of its customers compromised. The public relations nightmare that followed resulted in profits plummeting […]

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A Glance at Mexico and its Growing Intermodal Demand
A Glance at Mexico and its Growing Intermodal Demand

Last week, the Association of American Railroads reported that Mexican intermodal volume reached a high that has not been seen in the last two years. More and more, Mexican shippers have been turning to rail in order to move their goods. In fact, Journal of Commerce claims that Mexico’s intermodal industry is seen as the […]

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