En un contexto de cambios en la economía internacional, México se ubica actualmente como el primer país productor de vehículos y autopartes en América Latina, séptimo productor de vehículos en el mundo. El sector automotriz constituye uno de los ejes estratégicos de la economía mexicana. Desde los años noventa muestra un dinamismo particular con la firma del Tratado de Libre Comercio con América del Norte, y después de 2009 presenta una nueva etapa de expansión con apertura de nuevas plantas, la llegada de mayor inversión extranjera directa, crecimiento de la producción, incremento del comercio internacional y exportaciones.En las últimas décadas se configura un modelo específico de organización industrial y una nueva organización territorial, cuando se generaliza la descentralización productiva, con un número creciente de actividades realizadas en establecimientos ...

This paper presents the «new» way of organizing production in the automotive industry in Mexico. The new role of the auto parts supplier industry is highlighted. It is a global model, applied in Mexico as well as in other regions of the world, however, the strategies differ in different countries and companies.The concept of a productive model that considers structural and institutional aspects, as well as thinking about processes considering space is used.The objective is to show the current production model in the automotive industry based on networks of suppliers that make up a complex system of production and services where structures (economic, political, etc.), as well as the policies of the different actors are involved.We study the production model of the automotive industry in Mexico in which the global policies of corporates stand out, such as the outsourcing of terminal acti...

The Southern Peru Copper Corporation is a private North American company that exploits the Toquepala and Cuajone mining deposits located in the south of the country, in the mountains of the departments of Tacna and Moquegua, respectively. The Toquepala mine officially begins its production in 1960; and Cuajone is inaugurated at the end of 1976. These two mines are connected by rail with the smelter and the port of Ilo, approximately 150 kilometers away. Southern is one of the largest mining companies in the country, concentrating 75% of the national copper production —the main export mining product— and directly employs 4,600 workers distributed in its three areas of operations: the Toquepala, Cauajone and the Ilo smelter.