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Mexico’s “Top-Of-Mind” Transportation And Warehousing Providers - September 2007
 Transportation And Logistics 
Author: Jasmín Sabagh   

 

ImageA recent market study conducted by InfoAmericas included telephone interviews with 50 manufacturing company executives in Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara and San Luís Potosí (22% of them decision makers for logistic providers contracting) revealed that, in Mexico, the “top-of-mind” leaders for transportation and warehousing companies are: FedEx, followed by DHL and K+N tied for second, and UPS in third place.

Due to entry-barriers regarding regulation and high capital investments required for needed technology and fourth-party logistics providers (4PLs), the logistics services market functions as an oligopoly.  In value-added by transport, storage and communications as a share of GDP (a proxy for logistics costs), Mexico is among the worst in the OECD, only ahead of Finland, the Czech Republic and Turkey.

 
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