In 2025, nearshoring in Mexico has firmly established itself as a key strategy for the automotive industry. This trend is driven by the opening of new plants and manufacturing centers in strategic regions, strengthening supply chains, reducing logistics times, and enhancing competitiveness compared to other global markets.
Currently, the automotive industry faces a challenging environment: trade tensions, rising tariff rates, reviews of the USMCA, reforms to the Customs Law, and increasingly strict audits by the SAT. This context demands greater attention to regulatory compliance, stronger customs processes, and more precise management of operational risk.
From an audit perspective, nearshoring creates strategic opportunities, but it also exposes organizations to new risks. Expansion into new plants, CEDIS, HUBs, logistics nodes, and last-mile operations increases operational complexity, putting into play the correct application of rules of origin, the reliability of inventory control, the maturity of new production lines, and the end customer experience. A resilient supply chain requires traceability, visibility, compliance, and integrated end-to-end technology.
Our Support at Ferrer & Asociados
With a focus on operational optimization, internal control effectiveness, and digital transformation, Ferrer & Asociados supports the automotive industry with solutions that strengthen operational continuity, regulatory compliance, and efficiency across every link of the chain.
International Operations and Foreign Trade
- International purchasing and import processes (international and domestic freight, correct application of tariff rates at origin and destination, coordination with customs brokers).
Production and Quality
- Full traceability of parts and critical components to ensure compliance and accuracy in rules of origin.
- Efficient quality controls to reduce scrap, variations, and rework.
- Assessment of new suppliers’ operational maturity and response capacity.
Digital Transformation and Automation
Deployment of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solutions to streamline review processes, minimize operational errors, and enable proactive alerts for tariff payments, inventory quality metrics (Raw Materials, Finished Goods), and aging analysis of accounts receivable and payable.
Nearshoring represents a decisive moment for Mexico and its automotive industry. However, success depends not only on investment or infrastructure development, but on companies’ ability to integrate strategy, solid processes, technology, traceability, and regulatory compliance.
The competitiveness of future automotive operations will be defined by how organizations transform their supply chains into intelligent, connected, and sustainable ecosystems.
Jesus Victor Vazquez
Automotive Sector Leader