FedEx wants business and industry in Mexico to know it has a solution for transportation problems.

            Jorge Torres, managing director for FedEx Express Mexico’s north district, gave a presentation recently at the ExpoLogistica 2007 trade show in Ciudad Juárez, Chih.

            Torres is in charge of the airport, customs and distribution operations in 17 states of Mexico. He directs a team of 350 employees. Torres started in FedEx in 1991. Among the different positions he has covered are quality manager for Mexico and Central America; operations senior manager for Guadalajara and the Bajio area; and director of operations for almost five years. He has a BS in communications and two masters degrees in quality and global business administration.  He has written articles about logistics, competitiveness, quality and leadership, and has given more than 70 conferences on the same subjects. In 2004 he won the title of Best Executive in the Premio Nacional de Logistica sponsored by the Association of Executives in Logistics, Distribution and Traffic.

            Torres explained FedEx’s Transborder Distribution service and its benefits to maquilas and related companies. He also promoted the company’s PyMEx program, an innovative divisional program that offers small and medium businesses the opportunity to enter the global market, providing them technology for their shipments, specialized consultancy and global trade and direct advice with no additional cost to members.

            FedEx Transborder Distribution is a convenient, cost-effective, value-added delivery alternative for shipments from Mexico to the United States. First the shipment will be trucked to a FedEx facility just over the Mexico-U.S. border. Then once the shipment enters...

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