How Mexico Manufacturing Solutions Reduce Supply Chain Challenges

The pandemic has caused manufacturers to quickly shift strategies and face challenges they’ve never experienced before. As a result, they seek solutions that will serve them for the long term. For many U.S. manufacturers, this means nearshoring to Mexico to help create a more reliable operating base compared to China.   In 2020, overseas operations were severely […]

IMMEX Gives Manufacturers Operations Savings They Can’t Get from Manufacturing Elsewhere

IMMEX was created in the 1960s to encourage foreign investment in Mexico through preferential tariff agreements between their country and the U.S. IMMEX stands for “Manufacturing, Maquila, and Export Services Industry Program” (Industrie Manufacturera Maquiladora y de Servicios de Exportación). IMMEX is more commonly known by the name “Maquiladora“. What Is a Maquiladora? Maquiladoras are […]

Supplyframe Consumer Research Highlights Shifting Car Buying Behaviors, Consumer Sentiment About the Automotive Industry

Ongoing Challenges, Change Signal Need to Improve Supply Chain Transparency, Visibility PASADENA, CALIFORNIA  – Supplyframe today released research indicating that most consumers anticipate negative fallout from supply chain shortages fueled by the pandemic to continue throughout 2022. This same research shows that the limited supply of vehicles due to a lack of available semiconductors and […]

ECIA and Texas A&M University Launch Major Research Project Quantifying Value of Authorized Distribution 

Update to Groundbreaking 2001 Research Will Capture and Analyze Industry Transformation in Past 20 Years   ATLANTA – In 2001-2002, the Industrial Distribution Program at Texas A&M University conducted the ground-breaking study entitled ‘Quantifying the Value of  Authorized Electronic Distributors.’ The results showed that using the Distribution channel resulted in savings ranging from 15-50% for […]