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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.

New Name Marks Continued Growth and Evolution for Global Trade Management Leader

Management Dynamics, a leading provider of Global Trade Management solutions, today announced that it has changed its name to Amber Road.  The name change comes during a year of rapid expansion, marked by a 40% growth in employees, a 325% increase in European bookings, and the opening of a flagship office in Tysons Corner, Virginia.  This breakout year is anchored by a 33% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in overall revenue for the past decade.

“Today, our SaaS-based solutions span fourteen software products that include global transportation management, import/export compliance, supplier management, supply chain visibility and a content knowledgebase covering trade regulations and tariffs for more than 120 countries, “  said Jim Preuninger, CEO.

To learn more, please read the full press release or visit www.AmberRoad.com.
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TALIS Group, a world-leading provider of water valves and services for the whole water cycle, has gone live with the Management Dynamics’ Export On-Demand solution for Restricted Party Screening (RPS). Deploying Export On-Demand is a foundation technology for TALIS’s goal of centralizing and automating its global export compliance processes.

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. Utilizing a multi-tenant and multi-organization architecture, team-based workflow and on-demand in the cloud, all subsidiaries and offices within TALIS Group can easily manage their own customer shipments.

Read the full article.
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Global Trade Management Leader Honored as Top Innovator Partner in the Apparel Industry

Management Dynamics, a leading provider of Global Trade Management (GTM) solutions, announces that Apparel Magazine has named its customer Perry Ellis as a 2011 “Top Innovator,” and Management Dynamics as a “Top Innovator Partner.”
 
“Perry Ellis was chosen as a Top Innovator because they recognize the significant role innovative technology plays in a company’s competitive strategy,” said Apparel editor Jordan Speer. “By partnering with a solution that can scale as they grow, Perry Ellis is raising the fashion industry standard for a more efficient global supply chain.”
 
In response to increasing transportation volumes, Perry Ellis began a cost-cutting initiative in 2006 that was designed to identify and eliminate carrier freight overages.  The company implemented Management Dynamics’ International Transportation Management (ITM) solution to calculate bottom-line shipment costs and compare multiple routing and service options for service contracts. As a result of the implementation, Perry Ellis identified and recouped $220,000 in freight overages in the first year.
 
“At Management Dynamics, we’re focused on driving supply chain performance improvements that result in hard dollar savings and competitive advantage,” said Jim Preuninger, CEO of Management Dynamics. “We are thrilled that our solutions have driven significant savings to Perry Ellis and we’re happy to see them recognized as a supply chain leader.”
 
Apparel Magazine’s fourth annual Top Innovators Award honors companies in the apparel industry for demonstrating innovation and exceptionality through technology, new products or other outstanding executed business strategy. Apparel’s special “Innovators” issue profiles each individual winner and highlights the Innovator Partner who has played a role in the honoree’s success. To view the online issue, visit: http://bit.ly/kc116a.

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Management Dynamics has announced that six of the top ten companies listed in Gartner’s 2011 Supply Chain Top 25 report use its solutions.
 
This is the seventh year that Gartner has compiled the list of supply chain innovators. According to Gartner, the companies recognized are true “orchestrators,” meaning that they go beyond simply borrowing and adapting others’ best practices to create new ones of their own. By defying “conventional wisdom,” these companies rewrite the rules and push the envelope of supply chain innovation. 
 
Read the full article.

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Management Dynamics and IMI will be hosting a webinar that discusses international supply chain best practices, from the perspective of a globally active business.  Broadcasting live on Thursday, May 19th at 14:15 GMT+1, Neill Cooke (Ethics and Compliance Manager at IMI) and our very own Nick Boland (Director Solutions EMEA, Management Dynamics) will present practical examples that outline various risks (and consequences) for international companies.  Topics will include:

• Risks and consequences of trade compliance and export control for globally active companies
• Impact on the strategic and operational processes within the supply chain
• System support of global operational control processes
• Key characteristics of an effective export control process
• How to efficiently implement a global restricted party screening solution

Register for the “Managing Trade Compliance Risk in an International Supply Chain” webinar today!
 

According to our export compliance research, 14.6% of compliance professionals believe that their company’s executive management is not aware of trade compliance.  Global trade regulations are more complex than ever, and your company is required to be compliant.  If it isn’t, major fines (and even prison time) can result.  So, how do you get executives in your company to support your compliance initiatives?
 
Join American Shipper and Management Dynamics for an upcoming educational webinar, “Bringing Compliance into the Boardroom.”  The webinar will feature a panel of global trade experts that will discuss how to get your voice heard when speaking to c-level executives.  This 60 minute roundtable discussion will take place on September 15, 2010 at 2PM ET, and will feature the following expert panelists:

• Beth Peterson, President of BPE
• Nathan Pieri, SVP of Marketing & Product Management for Management Dynamics
• Virginia Thompson, Director of Import/Export Operations and Int. Trade Compliance for Crate and Barrell

The panel will discuss the best strategies for compliance professionals to get executive level cooperation and sponsorship of their initiatives.  Their focus will include:

• The pain points of each member in the boardroom and how they relate to compliance  issues (and key messaging to use when speaking to each board member)
• Tools to use in your presentation, such as quantifying compliance and its effect on the bottom line
• How automation can contribute to your efforts by adding value and saving money

Best of all?  It’s FREE!  Follow this link to register.
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Management Dynamics has announced the release of Trade Planner 3.0, a scenario-based planning tool that helps supply chain teams quickly and accurately evaluate alternative sourcing and distribution strategies to optimize total landed cost while assessing the impact of trade regulations.
 
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, companies import nearly $2 trillion worth of products annually from over 150 countries, a number that is expected to triple by 2015. With the increasing pressure to cut costs, accommodate new trade regulations, and take advantage of new preferential trade agreements, businesses need planning tools to improve the design of their global supply chains.
 
Read the full article.

American Shipper is hosting an upcoming webinar, “Building an Export Management and Compliance Program.”  Sponsored by Management Dynamics (in partnership with BPE), the webinar will take place on July 28th at 2 pm ET.  The hour-long round table discussion will include the following expert panelists:

• Beth Peterson, President of BPE
• Joe Burks, Director of Trade Compliance for Cooper Industries
• Nathan Pieri, VP of Product Development and Marketing for Management Dynamics

These experts will discuss best practices for developing your company’s Export Management and Compliance Programs, including:

• Strategic value of your EMCP
• The core elements of an effective EMCP
• The steps required to build an EMCP
• Sharing your strategy with your C-level superiors

Learn how your company can implement processes and systems that ensure compliance with the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).  Best of all – it’s FREE!  Sign up today.