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Don’t forget to register for tomorrow’s webinar, Understanding the Key Elements of Exporting: How to Get Started. Broadcasting live at 2pm EDT, Katrina Rosen of the U.S. Census Bureau and Scott Byrnes of Amber Road will provide insight on what resources are available to help new exporters get started, and how technology can plan a big role in an export program.

Don’t miss out on this webinar! Click here to register.

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Getting started as an exporter can be overwhelming – we’re here to help! Join Amber Road and the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday, August 21 at 2pm EDT for a complimentary webinar targeted at new exporters. During Understanding the Key Elements of Exporting: How to Get Started, we will show you what resources are available to help you:

• Identify top and emerging markets
• Monitor foreign competition
• Analyze time series data
• Obtain values and growth rates
• Utilize technology to automate the export process

Speakers will include:

• Katrina Rosen, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau
• Scott Byrnes, VP of Marketing, Amber Road

Learn how technology can help create a competitive advantage for your company. Register today!

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With the May 14^th presidential proclamation putting the US-Colombia free trade agreement into force, it has never been more critical for GTM software users to understand the importance of the trade content that powers their solutions. Because FTAs specify changes in rules of origin and HS codes, it is important that organizations using global trade management software ensure that their vendor made the appropriate updates to the underlying trade content and put them in place immediately.

By having access to these trade content updates, organizations are able to find potential reductions in landed costs due to preferential treatment as of the effective date. Supply chain managers should be able to run scenarios that reflect preferential rates as they make sourcing decisions.

To learn more, click here to read the Supply Chain Digest article written by Anthony Hardenburgh, Vice President of Global Trade Content at Amber Road.

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Amber Road, a leading provider of Global Trade Management (GTM) solutions, announced today that seven of the top ten companies listed in the Gartner 2012 Supply Chain Top 25 use its solutions. This is an increase from 2011, when six of the top ten were Amber Road customers.

This is the eighth year that Gartner has compiled the list of supply chain innovators. According to the research firm, “Every year, Gartner identifies the companies that push the envelope of supply chain innovation.” They noted in the report that “many of this year’s Supply Chain Top 25 companies were impacted by natural disasters, such as the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, and the massive flooding in Thailand…Overall, leaders have remained focused throughout the past year on building resiliency into their global supply chains, and we see it continuing to be a highly valued supply chain characteristic.”

For more information on how the survey and research was conducted, visit The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2012.  Click here to read the full press release.

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On May 14, 2012, President Obama signed the presidential proclamation that put the United States-Colombia free trade agreement into force. Designed to promote the flow of certain goods and services between the countries, the free trade agreement was years in the making.

According to the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), the tariff reductions in the Agreement will expand exports of US goods alone by more than $1.1 billion, supporting thousands of additional American jobs. The International Trade Commission also projected that the Agreement will increase US GDP by $2.5 billion. The Agreement will remove significant barriers to US goods from entering Colombia’s market, as over 80 percent of US exports of consumer and industrial products to Colombia will become duty free immediately, with remaining tariffs phased out over the next 10 years.

Because the agreement specifies changes in rules of origin and HS codes, Amber Road was anticipating the formalization with the necessary updates to its extensive body of trade content, known as Global Knowledge^®. Amber Road’s trade specialists constantly monitor government information feeds from around the world to ensure that the Global Knowledge^® database is kept current as trade regulations change.

In fact, the US-Colombia FTA is affecting 20,681 HS codes and 858 rules of origin. Amber Road’s customers will see these changes within 24 hours of the effective date of the agreement. No other vendor in the industry provides that level of service when it comes to trade content.

You can read the full press release here. To learn how Amber Road can help your company realize the benefits of an FTA program, check out our Trade Agreement Management brochure.

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Join Amber Road and American Shipper on Wednesday, March 28^th at 2:00pm EDT, for a complimentary webinar: Export Reform Update – Focusing on the Four Singles.
 
The Obama administration’s initiative to reform export regulations is in progress and the effort is now centered on four key areas – known as the “four singles.”  This complimentary webinar will provide exporters with an update on the state of export reform and help them prepare for upcoming changes.  Key topics will include:

• A review of the “four singles”: Controlled items list, Licensing agency, Modern IT system, Enforcement agency
• What impacts these changes will have on exports
• What exporters should be doing now to prepare
• What role GTM technology will play

Webinar Panelists:

• Eric Hirschhorn, Under Secretary of the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security
• Anthony Hardenburgh, VP of Global Trade Content, Amber Road
• Lindsay Meyer, Co-Managing Partner, Venable LLP
• Beth Peterson, President of BPE Global

Learn what your organization should be doing to focus on the “four singles.”  Register today!
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Join Amber Road on Wednesday, February 22^nd at 2:00pm EST, for a complimentary webinar showcasing TradeWizards.com, a new cloud-based portal that enables companies to classify products, calculate duties and taxes, and screen for restricted parties…for FREE!

During the “TradeWizards.com: Answers to Your Tough Trade Questions” webinar, industry experts will review the challenges companies are facing when it comes to importing and exporting, and show you how TradeWizards.com can help combat those challenges.

Speakers will include:
Scott Byrnes, Vice President of Marketing, Amber Road
Steve Keighley, Solutions Consultant, Amber Road

Join us to learn how TradeWizards.com can help you tackle your compliance challenges.  Register today!
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Amber Road, a leading provider of Global Trade Management solutions, announces the launch of its latest trade compliance product, TradeWizards.com, a free cloud based portal for global trade.  TradeWizards.com is a suite of nine different research tools that helps organizations quickly answer questions related to the cost and compliance risks associated with importing and exporting goods.

TradeWizards.com will enable users to instantly perform numerous global trade activities including: restricted party screening, product classification, and landed cost calculations..  What used to require hours of manual interpretation of trade rules is now an automated process achieved instantly via TradeWizards.com.

Find out how you can streamline the trade compliance process at your company. Watch the TradeWizards.com tutorial.

To read the full press release, please click here.

Join World Trade 100 and Amber Road (formerly Management Dynamics, Inc.) on Thursday December 15th at 2 PM EST for a complimentary webinar, Global Trade Compliance in the Oil & Gas Industry: A Case Study with Weatherford.

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!

Part Three: Shipment Screening & 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 & 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, Amber Road (formerly Management Dynamics)

Register today and learn how you can take the final step in establishing an Export Compliance Program!
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