They only have one driver for every 10 heavy-duty trucks – El Financiero

INEGI data show that The states with the highest number of cargo truck drivers are the State of Mexico and Jalisco.in addition to the fact that the number of drivers grew in Michoacán.

“We have an initiative called competitiveness, which is to ensure that we have a sufficiently attractive offer, because there are times where we have a high demand for products and we need more people,” concluded Cristina Mesón, director of human resources for Heineken México.

Kimberly Clark resents salaries

For the owner of Pétalo and Huggies, Kimberly Clark In the first quarter of the year, distribution expenses increased, and although They work to optimize their logistics operations, they do not see the scenario as simple.

“There is a lack of enough operators and truckers in Mexico, some have put it in the range of 60 thousand operators (…) this lack of supply has translated into higher costs, along with higher salary increases in recent years,” Pablo González, CEO of the company, said in a conference with analysts.

In 2024, The average gross salary of truck drivers is 7,728.08 pesosan annual increase of just 0.2 percent, and 26 percent compared to 2019, INEGI data show.

González related that to address the deficit, They improve their routes, so in addition to fewer laps they also reduce their carbon footprintand they invest in expanding their fleet, all of them actions that they envision will be reflected in their finances by 2025.

Genomma Lab optimizes volume

To address the deficit, the company that owns brands such as Suerox and Tío Nacho, Genomma Lab, implemented a logistics program where optimized parameters such as minimum order quantities and product mixwith what last year achieved savings of 45 million pesos.

In a conference with analysts Marco Sparvieri, CEO of the pharmaceutical company, explained that one of the actions was Optimize your volumes through packaging efficiencygoing from 23 folding cardboard packaging suppliers to only two and from 72 SKUs to only 12.

“As we did with our packaging, in the case of labels we went from 16 suppliers to just two, optimizing our cost. During the first trimester, We continue with a global tender for our forwarding process, we select three leading suppliers worldwide and we reduced the cost by 11 million pesos in annual cost savings,” he said.

Bimbo renews itself

The bear’s bread maker, Bimbo, considered it’s time to renew and modernize your distribution which includes even less labor, to focus more on the routes where the consumer is.

“We have identified great opportunities to invest in the transformation of our distribution network, through the installation of centers that are next generation in order to structurally reduce all operating costs continuous and, at the same time, increase our penetration in channels where we see the opportunity to do so with the appropriate capacity,” he declared in a conference with analysts. Daniel ServitjePresident of the company.

Diego Gaxiola, financial director of Grupo Bimbo, pointed out that Expenses have been elevated due to the combination of higher labor costs and that they have been a little more aggressive on some additional distribution expenses.

“We are preparing for any scenario, and there are efficiency projects with different degrees of automation and some changes in the part of our operating model, which by design require less labor,” he concluded. Rafael Pamiasnew general director of the bakery.