Global trade experts will explain the importance of automating trade compliance processes and the difficulties oil and gas companies face, as well as present recent developments in the industry.  By attending this webinar, you will walk away with:

• A better understanding of the export compliance challenges oil and gas companies are facing
• Various strategic considerations to think about when implementing an automated trade compliance solution
• Best practices you can use to improve your company’s export compliance processes

Speakers will include:
Scott Byrnes, Vice President of Marketing, Amber Road (formerly Management Dynamics, Inc.)
Natalia Shehadeh, Director of Trade Compliance, Weatherford
Scott Johnston, Attorney, Specializing in U.S. Import/Export Law, Givens & Johnston, PLLC

Join us and find out how you can automate your trade compliance process!

Join Customs & Trade Solutions, Inc. and Management Dynamics for a complimentary three-part Export Compliance Webinar Series, which will address the three key steps of any Export Compliance Program (ECP): Restricted Party Screening, Product Classification, and Shipment Screening and Documentation.

The third and final webinar in this series will be held on Friday, November 18^th at 2:00pm EST and will review Shipment Screening and Documentation, the final step in building an export compliance program.

During this webinar, we will discuss key best practices related to automating your export compliance process, including:

• The importance of transactional screening and why it is a necessary requirement in any compliance program
• How managing product compliance details can help validate the data used on export documentation and reduce delays at the border
• How to leverage the data from the export order to automatically determine and create key export documents and file directly with AES

Speakers will include:
Suzanne Richer, President, Customs & Trade Solutions, Inc.
Sanjeev Williams, Product Manager, Management Dynamics

Join us to learn how you can take the next step in establishing an Export Compliance Program!

Presented by the Journal of Commerce, global trade compliance experts discuss the technology available to help companies of all sizes with managing classification and other critical compliance processes. Anthony Hardenburgh, VP Global Trade Content at Management Dynamics, and Ty Bordner, VP of Solutions Consulting at Management Dynamics, also provide details on the launch of a free trade tool that will soon be available to the trade community.

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Join Customs & Trade Solutions, Inc. and Management Dynamics for a complimentary three-part Export Compliance Webinar Series, which will address the three key steps of any Export Compliance Program (ECP): Restricted Party Screening, Product Classification, and Shipment Screening and Documentation.

The first webinar will be held on Tuesday, September 20^th at 2:00pm EDT and will review in detail the most common first step of any export compliance program, Restricted Party Screening (RPS).

Global trade compliance experts will show you how to automate Restricted Party Screening to reduce your compliance risk, as well as provide a discussion on industry challenges and best practices for building an Export Compliance Program (ECP), including:

• Tips for establishing a cost-effective compliance program in a down economy
• Understanding of the technology available to manage RPS today
• How you can implement screening software across your organization
• Screening best practices of today’s top global exporters

Speakers will include:
Suzanne Richer, President, Customs & Trade Solutions, Inc.
Sanjeev Williams, Product Manager, Management Dynamics

Register for the webinar today!

Mark your calendars for the next two webinars in this series!
Product Classification: Friday, October 21
Shipment Screening & Documentation: Friday, November 18

Over the past year, the company’s European group has acquired multiple companies that now operate as TALIS Group subsidiaries, prompting TALIS to consolidate management of its global trade compliance capabilities. Since the beginning of May, Management Dynamics’ Export On-Demand solution has been running at all German entities in TALIS Group, with additional European entities scheduled to come online in stages over the coming weeks.

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Global trade involves an array of compliance and operational issues that small businesses are aware of but either don’t fully comprehend, or don’t have the right resources and expertise to properly deal with.  To tackle these issues and automate (and streamline) trade compliance, more and more companies are turning to Software as a Service (SaaS) models.  Such SaaS models are appealing to SMBs because of their affordability and ease of use as on-demand, pay as you go export management and compliance solutions. 

According to Nathan Pieri, VP of Marketing and Product Management at Management Dynamics, the main challenge for SMBs is organizing their approach to globalization; both understanding the rules and regulations, and setting up an environment where they can comply with export laws.  Management Dynamics recently released an Export On-Demand solution that helps SMBs automate and manage all aspects of global trade initiatives, including: product classification, restricted party screening, and license management. 

For more information, check out the full article.

During the one-hour webinar, key industry experts will discuss the market dynamics driving importers to consider this strategy, and Management Dynamics customer Leggett & Platt will share their success story. Other topics will include:

- The benefits of integrating logistics and compliance
- Challenges importers will have to overcome
- The key role technology plays
- Actionable advice for importers exploring this idea

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“We’re proud to be associated with these leading companies and we continue to be impressed by their innovative use of our solutions. The results are a testament to the fact that global trade management solutions, when combined with forward-thinking supply chain strategies, can have a measurable impact on return on assets (ROA), revenue growth, and competitive advantage,” said Jim Preuninger, CEO of Management Dynamics.

For more information on how the survey and research was conducted, please visit The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2011.

This pact is expected to increase U.S. exports to Colombia by more than $1 billion a year, and could result in the creation of thousands of American jobs. Congress must approve the agreement before it can be implemented.

So what are the benefits to U.S. exporters?

• A majority of U.S. agricultural exports to Colombia will become duty-free and almost all tariffs will be eliminated within 15 years
• 80% of U.S. exports of consumer and industrial goods to Colombia will also become duty-free, with the remaining tariffs being eliminated over the next 10 years

It’s unclear when the agreement will be sent to Congress for a vote, but many feel that confirming the deal now is critical. Doing so will allow the U.S. to maintain an economic foothold in the country.

For more information, check out the full article.

“One of the lessons of the (financial) crisis is that corporate governance, until now usually based on self-regulation, was not as effective as it could have been,” said the Brussels-based commission on its website.  A “higher convergence of corporate governance rules across the European Union could facilitate companies’ activities cross-border and reduce compliance costs…And if they are better run, not only is a future crisis less likely but an added advantage is that companies will be more competitive.”

The Brussels-based commission is seeking comments by July 22^nd for the public meeting, to be held April 5^th.  Follow up measures will be adopted in 2012.

For strategies on how to bring compliance into the boardroom check out this webinar on the topic.