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  1. How would having a strategic nearshore location impact your bottom-line and the total acquisition cost of your products for your clients?
  3. Logistics
  5. For global manufacturers, it is imperative they improve their competitiveness from their customer’s perspective. That includes shipping costs.
  1. One common mistake when choosing a low cost manufacturing region, is not paying attention to the full logistics view.










  1. If you are thinking of cutting your production costs down by relocating your manufacturing plant to a low cost location, you should consider the following elements as they can make the difference for your customers between you and your main competitors.
  1. - Shipping costs.
  3. - Inventory carrying costs.
  5. - Expedited shipping: most companies need to expedite 5% of production.
  7. - Engineering changes.
  9. - Security costs: Escorts & insurance
  11. - Time zone difference costs or inconvenience.
  13. - Visits from your headquarters to your manufacturing plant: travel expenses + time of highly paid executives spent on flights and airports.
  15. - Among other direct and indirect costs.
  17. Once leaders of international manufacturing companies can take a 360º view to the total cost on logistics that will become an added cost of acquisition for your customer, then they are able to take a more well thought of site selection decision.
  19. If you serve the North, Central or Latin America, Mexico holds a privileged location.



  1. The main benefits Mexico offers based on its location:
  3. * Immediate access to the US markets: direct access to:
  5. NAFTA HIGHWAY
  7. US Interstate highways: I-35, I-25, I-10, among other I-Hs
  9. * Immediate access to Mexico’s industrial and consumer markets.
  11. * Immediate access to Latin America through SEA PORTS like Manzanillo and Lazaro Cardenas.
  13. * Access to air infrastructure connected to major global logistics airports.




  1. These benefits translate into some main competitive advantages:
  3. * Fast response to your current and / or potential customers: as fast as 1 day away.
  5. * Low shipping costs for you and/or your customers.
  7. * Less inventories.
  9. * Fast response to remanufacturing or engineering changes.
  11. * Among other direct and indirect savings for your offshore manufacturing operation in Mexico.

  1. If you are thinking on starting up manufacturing in Mexico we invite you to sign up for our webinars where we will share the “whole picture” of what you need to know and do to successfully start up operations in Mexico. Sign up for our webinars NOW!

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  2. Better yet, regardless of the stage at which your company is right now in the relocation to Mexico or expansion of manufacturing operations in Mexico project, we are dedicating expert resources to sit with you on a one-to-one basis by offering you a FREE STRATEGY SESSION that will help you determine a cost-effective roadmap to land your project on your own terms.

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  4. If you are seriously thinking about starting up or expanding business operations in Mexico, we encourage you to take action fast.


  1. Since we dedicate time only to serious projects, we can only offer a very few spots per month for the FREE STRATEGY SESSION. Register Now!