WHAT CHINA DID AND WHAT MEXICO MUST DO TO JOIN THE ‘FACTORY OF THE WORLD’ CLUB Written By Lawrence Allen, MSSA Partner and Jeffrey Cartwright, Shoreview Managing Partner | 12 min read In the 30 years since the fall of communism, marked by the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union and economic reforms in the People’s Republic of China, [...]
THE SURGE IN CHINA COSTS REQUIRES NEARSHORING. Written By Jeffrey Cartwright, Shoreview Managing Partner | 7 min read CHINA AS A PLACE FOR COMPANIES TO INVEST IN MANUFACTURING HAS FADED Historical trends have positioned China as a bastion of low-cost manufacturing, an optimal region for production and exportation. However, recent shifts in the global economic [...]
UNEXPECTED EVENTS CAUSE DISRUPTIONS IN DAYS AND WEEKS, NOT IN THE MONTHS AND YEARS, THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BUILD SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE. Written By Jeffrey Cartwright, Shoreview Managing Partner | 5 min read On October 7th, Hamas launched an attack from Gaza on southern Israel. Israel responded with an invasion of Gaza. The Houthis [...]
NEARSHORING WILL NOT OCCUR WITHOUT CHANGES TO MEXICAN OPERATING MODELS Written By Jeffrey Cartwright, Shoreview Managing Partner | 9 min read THERE IS A ONCE IN A GENERATION CHANGE UNDERWAY FACILITATING NEARSHORING TO MEXICO As the US – China Trade War reaches its 5th year, and global supply chains face disruption due to [...]
WHY IT'S VITAL FOR BUSINESSES IN CHINA TO ACT NOW Written By Jeffrey Cartwright, Shoreview Managing Partner | 5 min read With the US-China Trade War now in its fifth year and the global supply chains disrupted due to the pandemic, businesses are increasingly exploring Nearshoring as a risk reduction strategy. However, recent developments [...]
MANY SMALL-TO-MEDIUM SIZE COMPANIES WITH AN AVERSION TO PAYING A SOURCING FEE - NEVER REALIZE TENS TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IN SAVINGS POTENTIAL Written By Jeffrey Cartwright, Shoreview Managing Partner | 7 min read Penny-wise and pound foolish is the old British saying. In sourcing from Mexico, this has been true for many small and [...]
IS MEXICO ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND? Written By Andrew Barker, Shoreview Managing Partner | 5 min read This year, the most talked about subject in the Mexican business community is the massive FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) coming into Mexico nationwide and the corresponding demand for necessary supporting resources. Industrial parks [...]
IS CHINA OUR FRIEND IN PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT? Written By Jeffrey Cartwright, Shoreview Managing Partner | 5 min read The economic miracles that China has accomplished are nothing short of phenomenal. The birth and growth of a middle class in the decades since Deng Xiaoping reformed the economy with the Four Modernizations have lifted a large portion of the population out [...]
