How Warehousing Supports Maquila Operations Beyond the Production Floor
A maquila is built to produce. Its most valuable asset is floor space with power, people and equipment. Yet in many plants, a growing share of that space holds pallets instead of production lines: imported components waiting to be used, packaging, finished goods waiting for a truck. Every square meter used for storage inside the plant is a square meter that is not producing. Moving part of that work to an external warehouse frees the floor, adds flexibility and, when done right, strengthens compliance. That is the role of WHL's 3PL logistics services in Mexico for manufacturing and IMMEX operations. The production floor is too valuable for storage Plants rarely plan to become warehouses. It happens gradually. A new program adds components. A customer changes its pickup schedule. A supplier ships a larger minimum order. Each change takes a little more space, until lines are squeezed, aisles are congested and every new project requires a layout change. An external warehouse absorbs ...
