Global Direct Material Procure to Pay: Optimizing the Value of Global Commerce Management
What requirements have to be met to achieve an effective, comprehensive and bottom-line enhancing Procure-to-Pay capability? Download the Blinco Systems' 3rdwave white paper that addresses the features and solutions required to sucessfully enable superior results with real world solutions.

Total Landed Cost - Optimizing the Value of Global Commerce Management
This white paper looks at how globally sourced products compare against their own domestically manufactured production and against multiple vendor/country quotes. It provides an overview of total landed cost from forecast, budgeting and actual cost validation and authorization through to comprehensive analysis, reporting and benchmarking.

Multi-source Outsourcing in a Global Supply Enviroment
Having honest and transparent business dealings is critical, if not the most critical element to being successful in an outsourced world. This white paper looks at how to become the best-in-class brand owner and gain significant global suply chain rewards.

WEBINAR >>> Liberty Richter/Panos: Delivering the Promise of Global Supply Chain Visibility
John McLennan, Vice-President Finance and CIO of Liberty Richter (now Panos Brands), the US' premier specialty foods importer, explains how taking a comprehensive approach to global commerce management dramatically improved his group's operating and financial results.

Creating Value from Lean, Agile and Adaptive Global Organizations: Global Commerce Management
An integrated and synchronized global commerce management solution can make a global sourcing / distribution organization a truly lean, agile and adaptive global market leader. These strategies have increased firms' operating efficiencies 30% to 300%, reduced inventory 30% to 50%, and reduced total landed cost (compared to domestic sourced products) 15% to 30%.

Global Commerce Management - The Executive Business Case for Operational Excellence
Authors: Gene Tyndall, Supply Chain Executive Advisors, and Dan Gilmore, Editor and President of SupplyChainDigest.com
Explore the bottom line benefits of global commerce management excellence and what differentiates the leaders from the laggards. Learn what the key drivers are in high performance global sourcing operations.

Creating Value from Global Commerce Management: People, Processes and Enablers
For many corporations, global sourcing has become a critical element in their overall operations' strategy. This report shows how excellence in global commerce, sourcing and logistics will drive substantial bottom line improvements and improve shareholder values. A unique cash flow analysis is provided by respected financial analyst, Gerry Marsh; narrative by Ned Blinick.

Getting Global Sourcing Right: The Role of Improved Technology in Meeting the Challenges of Global Trade Management
Global sourcing and global logistics require process automation tools. This white paper shows how a comprehensive approach to global trade management will can create a world-class global sourcing operation, optimally manage the complexities of global sourcing, leverage business and client opportunities, and improve bottom line results.

Secure Your Global Supply Chain Post-9/11: Regulatory Compliance ... It's Not an Option
The importer has ultimate responsibility for the validity, accuracy and timeliness of filings with U.S. regulators. This white paper offers solutions to ongling compliance issues and ever changing requirements while showing how costs can be minimized in this area.

3rdwave Case Studies

Honda Trading America Corporation
A 3rdwave Enterprise client since 1994, Honda Trading America ("HTA") is the global sourcing and trading arm of American Honda Manufacturing Co. HTA has grown their business +700% while only increasing staff 100% in the same period by using 3rdwave. HTA has a fully-integrated purchase, order, import/export and financial management solution and processes in place for ultimate global visibility, control and financial returns. HTA supports tight, often 10 minute JIT windows with its globally sourced goods. Notable for Tier 1 OEM's, steel traders, metal centers, commodities/break bulk, aluminum, plastics, food, or commodities firms with multiple locations or subsidiaries.

Pacific Great Lakes Logistics
Real time third party logistics (3PL) provider, including international movement of steel and heavy metals operating in multiple currencies, modes, lanes and legs in a highly competitive environment.

Rothco
As the US' largest cataloguer and distributor (importer and exporter) of military and outdoor apparel and equipment, this case study is beneficial for retail and fashion distributors, private label, or non-asset-based manufacturers or distributors. Rothco now has absolute global visibility, exceptional customer service capabilities and rapid order entry (2100 lines per 7.5 hr day per CSR) with optimum customer service levels. Capable of +99% order-to-ship fulfillment within three hours, Rothco can commit to the date of receipt of goods for back orders with +99% accuracy - even during the busiest periods.

Shinsho American Corporation
The US trading arm of Kobe Steel is also involved in sourcing, import and/or export of nonferrous metals, machinery, electronics, automotive, consumer goods and raw materials. Diverse product lines and multiple profit centers required that a robust, integrated and fully-synchronized enterprise sourcing solution be put in place to capably and profitably execute Shinsho's global and domestic interests.