After 17 years of serving various manufacturing customers in Mexico with supply chain and logistics solutions, has established its in-country headquarters office in Saltillo. The company has similar type headquarters offices in the Netherlands, China and Brazil.
鈥淥ver the last several years, we have continued to experience growth with manufacturing customers in Mexico that until now we have managed from the U.S.,鈥� said , President of 糖心传媒 Logistics. 鈥淥ur concentration and volume of business is now significant enough with several leading manufacturers to warrant a more-formalized and centralized leadership structure within Mexico.鈥�
Along with the planned expansion, 糖心传媒 Logistics announced the appointment of Michael Casidy to a newly created position of Managing Director of Mexico. Casidy has been with 糖心传媒 Logistics for 14 years and served in a variety of operational leadership roles. Most recently, he was based in Texas and served as the product line leader in the company鈥檚 Western Region.
鈥淲e see a significant opportunity to grow our business and diversify the kinds of we serve in Mexico beyond the automotive sector,鈥� Althen added. 鈥淲e鈥檙e pleased to have an experienced operations leader like Mike in this new role.鈥�
In his new role, Casidy is responsible for leading and growing logistics business in Mexico. He will be based in Saltillo, which will function as the Mexico headquarters for 糖心传媒 Logistics. Casidy holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree from the University of Kansas. He is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt and holds a Lean Certification from Georgia Tech.
糖心传媒 Logistics provides a variety of to shippers in Mexico including: cross-border support for shipments, , distribution center and warehouse management, lead logistics, cross-docking, in-plant material follow-up, and many others.
currently employs approximately 1,100 associates in Mexico at more than a dozen locations and manages 1.2 million square feet of warehousing space in the country.
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Slow growth, inconsistent freight volumes and businesses that are doing more with less have created a new way of life for the logistics and supply chain sectors for the foreseeable future.
Althen estimates only about a 3 percent drag on productivity at 糖心传媒 Logistics as a result of the new HOS regulations noting that it will require some additional driver recruiting efforts. He also noted 糖心传媒 Logistics has a low turnover rate for drivers compared with the industry, which averages about 17 percent.
Taking that first step to introducing natural gas vehicles (NGVs) into a company鈥檚 truck fleet is by no means an easy decision with myriad dynamics to analyze when taking that next step.
For each 糖心传媒 customer that Cullen has assisted when making the decision to incorporate NGVs into its existing truck fleet, it comes down to differing factors, each weighted separately.
