Considering Mexico as an alternative to manufacture your private label goods and escape the grasp of China? You’re not alone. However, to use Mexico as a new enabler for your ecommerce, you must meet two conditions:

Supply Chain Visibility: Which means that you need full control of your Bill of Materials (BoM) and knowledge of your suppliers and sub-suppliers. This grants you the freedom to replace those that don’t meet expectations and to restructure your supply chain configuration.

Proprietary Product Design: Which means that you must fully own your product design and the associated know-how to make necessary changes when restructuring your supply chain. Many ecommerce businesses struggle with this as they often own their designs in principle but not in practice, requiring a time-consuming design internalization process.

In the following video, I’ll share the manufacturing model you should use based on your situation. Leave a comment if you want to learn more.