You’ve decided to start selling your product in a market outside your own borders. Maybe it’s an emerging market, or perhaps you’ve gone with one that’s a bit more established; either way you’re going to need a system to get your product to market. You’re going to need to develop an international value chain.
Our next #TradeElite Twitter chat will be a discussion on just that! How do you select and qualify the vendors for your value chain? What challenges might you face? How should you negotiate to achieve the best outcome for your business, and how do you manage long-term relationships with your vendors to ensure your value chain continues to run smoothly and efficiently?
Join us in less than a week with special guest moderator Emiliano Introcaso, CITP|FIBP, FITT instructor.
Topic: Selecting and qualifying the best vendors to create an international value chain
Date: May 8th 2014
Time: 2.30 p.m. – 3.30 p.m. EST (you can jump in and out at any time during the chat)
Chief Moderator:
Emiliano Introcaso (CITP|FIBP, P.Log). @introcaso
Emiliano has over 13 years of work and teaching experience in different areas in the international trade industry, including account and customer service management, logistics, procurement, customs compliance and supply chain management. He’s currently an international business instructor teaching FITT-accredited courses for Seneca College and KnowledgeOne. | www.emilianointrocaso.com
Supporting Moderators: @FITTNews
Your friendly FITT Twitter sidekicks Jacob and I.
Special Guest:
Adam Robinson. @cerasis
Adam is the Marketing Manager for Cerasis, a Third Party logistics company (3PL) & TL freight broker that offers a proprietary transportation management system (TMS) & freight management services. | www.cerasis.com
During our last chat, John Treleaven, CITP|FIBP, and our panel of experts showed us why it’s all about profit margins in international trade.
Here are some of the highlights!
@FITTNews #TradeElite our New Reality in Cda is our decreasing ability to sell on price alone. Agreed?
— John Treleaven CITP (@jht4x4) April 3, 2014
@jht4x4 @FITTNews Selling on price is dangerous. We need to sell on value #TradeElite
— Louei Ali (@LoueiAli) April 3, 2014
No, need to internalize CI @jht4x4 @FITTNews #TradeElite market research competitive intelligence, start & relationship approach is a must
— Estelle Metayer (@Competia) April 3, 2014
@LoueiAli @jht4x4 @SaskTrade Join Trade missions organised by yr Govt or Chamber of Commerce
— Mike Strawson (@ChamberInt_Mike) April 3, 2014
@jht4x4 @ChamberInt_Mike @SaskTrade @Competia Knowing your prospect will dictate your actions that are aligned with your goals #TradeElite
— Louei Ali (@LoueiAli) April 3, 2014
#TradeElite @ChamberInt_Mike @LoueiAli Too much talk of priority markets etc fm many sources when it is customers who matter.
— John Treleaven CITP (@jht4x4) April 3, 2014
@LoueiAli @ChamberInt_Mike #TradeElite Governments cannot create jobs, companies do not create jobs, customers create jobs…
— John Treleaven CITP (@jht4x4) April 3, 2014
@tresAudrey @ChamberInt_Mike If they have “Customers”, who are willing to pay for value, I will do it 🙂 #TradeElite
— Louei Ali (@LoueiAli) April 3, 2014
@tresAudrey Very interesting. Thanks Audrey. Also EU in 2015 isn’t too far.
— Louei Ali (@LoueiAli) April 3, 2014
@LoueiAli @FITTNews @jht4x4 Culture – you never stop learning. Vital to understand differences. If in doubt, say nothing, use ears and eyes
— Mike Strawson (@ChamberInt_Mike) April 3, 2014
@ChamberInt_Mike What a fantastic attitude John that can only bring success. #TradeElite
— Louei Ali (@LoueiAli) April 3, 2014
We look forward to seeing you at our next #TradeElite chat and virtual networking session.
Look here for details on how to participate and build visibility for your international business and brand.
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