There’s Money in the Material: Hear from Deckers Brands at Product Innovation Apparel

Consumers want speed - fashion brands need to deliver or fall behind. The need for speed trickles all the way down to product design. To stay in the game, brands need to fully transform their supply chains in order to streamline operations without sacrificing quality. From raw material order processes to supply chain visibility, brands have turned to technology to ensure flexibility, agility and visibility from conception to delivery.

Amber Road is excited to attend the 2018 Product Innovation Apparel Workshop in New York City from June 19 to 20. PI Apparel serves as a platform for technology and software providers to share the solutions that are disrupting the fashion, apparel and footwear industry.

Amber Road will kick off Day 2 of the conference with a Think Tank session: ‘There’s Money in the Material: Reducing Material Spend.’ Amber Road’s Gary Barraco, Director of Global Product Marketing, and Cheryl Layne, Customer Success Champion, will lead the session alongside Deckers Brands’ Director of Materials, John Graebin. The Think Tank will take place June 20th at 8:30AM on the second floor of the library in room 3.

source https://blog.amberroad.com/blog/theres-money-in-the-material-reduce-material-spend-at-pi-apparel

Controlling Shipping Costs via Multi-Modal Freight Rate Visibility

In a 2017 American Shipper Report on global sourcing, 58% of shippers indicated that their biggest concern today is rising transportation costs. Shipping rates are climbing much faster than in the past, mostly due to heightened consumer expectations of fast home deliveries. An expanding network of inventory distribution points adds further strain on supply chain professionals.

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Tit-for-Tat Tariffs Call for Closer Calculations

Uncertainty over trade tariffs is already putting the squeeze on US companies. The recent tit-for-tat moves by the US and China sent ripples across the markets that turned into bigger waves across supply chains around the world. But this and other trade mêlées are adding another level of risk to cross-border shippers that go deep. Companies have to be agile enough to react to these and other changes and adapt their supply chains to avert disaster.

source https://blog.amberroad.com/blog/tit-for-tat-tariffs-call-for-closer-calculations

Staying Grounded in Today’s Global Trade Management Landscape

The landscape of global trade management has never achieved a consistent pace, and likely never will. Uncertainty has grown to be synonymous with the global trade climate, making it nearly impossible for importers and exporters to maneuver effortlessly. As one might say, a lot of things are up in the air.

Amber Road is proud to sponsor American Shipper’s Global Trade Management Landscape Report: Up In The Air. The report reflects research that exposed an urgent need for global companies to consider initiatives that structure their data and assess how trade policy changes might impact their organizations. The report nods to global trade management systems and services as the most effective solution to global operations. 

source https://blog.amberroad.com/blog/staying-grounded-in-todays-global-trade-management-landscape

Captain Compliance to the Rescue: Simplifying Export Compliance!

As companies continue to grow, so too do the total shipments and countries in their global supply chain, further complicating existing export compliance processes. Whether it be restricted party lists, export controls, license requirements, or the various regulatory risks exporters face on a daily basis, an automated and configurable solution is needed to make things easier - that's where Captain Compliance comes in!

source https://blog.amberroad.com/blog/captain-compliance-to-the-rescue-simplifying-export-compliance

Missing the BIS Update Conference This Year? Catch Our Key Takeaways!

Are you unable to make it to this year’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Update Conference in Washington, DC? Or will you make it to Washington, DC, but would like a review of the themes and updates from the show?

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You Can't Afford to Wait: Go Digital at Gartner Supply Chain Conference

Global supply chains can no longer afford to operate in traditional ways. Fax, email and phone have become outpaced by today’s rapidly changing and complex world. Technological innovations have enabled companies to replace the disconnect of traditional methods with supply chain transparency.

Surveys show that only 45% of companies have started the digital transformation, but 56% of those who have were improving profitably. That means it’s time to digitize your global supply chain and the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference is a great place to start!

source https://blog.amberroad.com/blog/you-cant-afford-to-wait-go-digital-at-gartner-supply-chain-conference

Begin With a Control Tower & End With Enhanced Supply Chain Visibility

What is supply chain visibility? Depending on where you go and whom you ask, the answer might differ. True end-to-end visibility extends beyond just tracking containers and shipping logistics. It disrupts the traditional corporate information silos and provides company-wide transparency that can greatly improve the global trade management process. Often, the given definition of supply chain visibility fails to encompass the essence of "true visibility," like what you achieve in a supply chain control tower scenario. Every step in the supply chain needs to be both visible and managed; this requires all partners and data to be digitized.

Amber Road’s new eBook, Creating the Global Supply Chain Control Tower – Beyond Simple Visibility, discusses the often muddled definition of supply chain visibility and the breadth of benefits that come from creating a digital global supply chain control tower. The four key benefits from this level of visibility includes:

• True visibility
• Improved efficiency
• Mitigated risk
• Increased supply chain agility

source https://blog.amberroad.com/blog/begin-with-a-control-tower-end-with-enhanced-supply-chain-visibility

Importing from China? Your Products Could Be Hit With A 25 Percent “Special” Tariff!

In a further indication that U.S. trade policy toward China has stiffened, the Trump Administration has initiated a punitive tariff action against China under Section 301 of the Tariff Act. Section 301 empowers the White House to impose additional import tariffs on the products of countries who maintain discriminatory policies against U.S. products and services.

source https://blog.amberroad.com/blog/importing-from-china-your-products-could-be-hit-with-a-25-percent-special-tariff