Amber Road, Inc.

Combination facilitates end-to-end management from source to omni-channel fulfillment from one cloud-based solution.

This Making the Case report, examines the age-old gap that exists between sourcing and logistics, explain how it’s making an impact on the global supply chain, and offer a solution that can help improve collaboration and streamline the end-to-end global supply chain.

As more and more shippers finally turn to technology to help them tackle their most pressing global trade issues, the software sector that supports it is looking ahead and figuring out what lies around the next corner.

Global transportation isn’t getting any easier to manage. With new rules and regulations to learn, new compliance requirements to adhere to, and new customers and business partners to onboard, navigating the complexities of the global market can be difficult for any company.

Ever-changing regulations are making it risky for U.S. companies engaged in cross-border trade endeavors, experts say. However, savvy shippers are paying better attention to the details and are finding solutions that save time, money and frustration.

A recent Aberdeen Group study revealed that over 75 percent of manufacturing companies plan to make investing in global trade management (GTM) platforms a top focus for their organizations.

Global shippers are well aware of the number of new trade agreements being inked that will make it easier for U.S. organizations to not only source product from emerging markets, but also open the door to deliver goods into quickly growing consumer bases.

The increasing complexities introduced by global trade are forcing companies to get more strategic in their importing and exporting approaches. During this webcast you’ll hear how NCR Corporation put a global trade management (GTM) solution to work to get a handle on their total landed costs worldwide.

Cloud-based global trade management technology provider Amber Road (formerly known as Management Dynamics) announced the pricing of its initial public offering (IPO) of 7,391,565 shares of its common stock at $13 per share.

Global trade management technology provider Amber Road (formerly known as Management Dynamics) recently announced it has acquired Shanghai-based EasyCargo, a GTM solutions provider specializing in complex Chinese trade regulations.

Global trade management technology provider Amber Road recently announced it has opened up a Munich, Germany-based office, which will play a key role as its EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) headquarters.

As more companies move into expanding markets, more logistics professionals are turning to global trade management (GTM) solutions to help manage the increasingly complex import and export landscapes.

Analysts report that cloud-based adoption increased 40 percent this year in the supply chain software sector. Our technology correspondent shares the upsides/downsides of this deployment model—and how vendors are gearing up to meet growing shipper demand.