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07/11/2014
Third-party logistics (3PL) is a common practice for supply chain management in which a company outsources logistics functions to another company. The functions that are…
03/11/2014
Julie Nowe, CITP®|FIBP®, CGA, is the Finance and Business Development Manager for Big 8 Beverages, a subsidiary of Sobeys.
31/10/2014
Early in 2014, we began our International Competency Standards (ICS) project with the goal of creating world-class industry standards and defining exactly what it takes to outperform the competition in global trade.
29/10/2014
Dr. Gabriel Huston, CITP®|FIBP®, serves as a Professor at Toronto’s Seneca College School of International Business. He also represents the Batak indigenous people of North…
28/10/2014
After some career counselling, Alberto was urged to transfer his skills and go into sales to help companies grow their business into foreign markets. He took that advice, signed up for FITT-accredited international business courses, and made a game-changing shift in the direction of his career.
27/10/2014
After a great deal of press leading up to agreements between the Canadian federal and provincial government on how the program would work and where the funding would come from, the Canada Job Grant is now available to businesses across the nation to help you get trained for international trade.
24/10/2014
Many countries have entered into trade pacts or agreements and, through negotiation, have established rules and regulations to govern orderly trade. These trade agreements, along with the relative reduction in trade barriers that ensue, make it simpler to import from abroad.
21/10/2014
The single most serious hazard is not getting paid, for reasons that can range from a customer’s bankruptcy to a government’s imposition of currency controls. Your first line of defence against this danger is to effectively manage credit risk.
20/10/2014
Amber Mackereth, CITP®│FIBP®, is an International Trade Consultant who, after nearly ten years in international trade, is using her expertise and experience to launch her…
17/10/2014
Native English speakers, however, do not need to learn a new dialect of English as a second language in order to successfully communicate better in global markets and with people speaking English as a second language. That is, if you can follow these rules:
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