The nearshoring trend (relocation of production lines) has enhanced Mexico’s logistics operations, allowing players such as 3PL ( Third Party Logistics ) Onest Smart Logistics to grow their volume and increase their logistics infrastructure.
Vania Imán, Marketing & E-commerce manager at Onest, told T21 that this year they began with approximately 500 thousand square meters (m²) of infrastructure in operation and will culminate with 600 thousand m² .
“We have had a lot of growth, we have several new clients in consumer, technology, fashion, so there are four new clients that help us expand, in addition, current clients that we have are also growing and are asking us for new distribution centers in different places in the world. country and growth in certain places of the (Mexican) Republic. The truth is that this year is very important in growth,” she assured.
Although more than 50% of Onest’s infrastructure is located in the State of Mexico, Vania Imán highlighted that they are currently focusing on Monterrey, where they have a new logistics center focused on nearshoring .
In this sense, the board indicated that this is a strategic market where the business can be expanded, in which there is security and technology.
On the other hand, Imán pointed out that they are also having an important presence in other points such as Tijuana , for example, which is another important point in their logistics.
Likewise, he detailed that Onest Smart Logistics, which began a new chapter characterized by a greater focus on technology, is already advancing in this line, with a team dedicated to developing it .
“Today we have a team of more than 40 systems people in terms of technology, information security technology, racks, picking systems, lighting systems, robotization systems, drones. Today there are many things in the world that we could be using, so we are dedicating a lot of effort, a lot of money to that aspect to see how we can make logistics flow in a simpler, better and faster way,” said Vania Imán.
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