New On-Demand Solution Enables Cross-functional Teams to Create and Manage End-Use Statements for Customers, Vendors and Employees

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ, January 20, 2010 -- Management Dynamics, a leading provider of Global Trade Management solutions, today announced the release of End-Use Manager, an on-demand solution that generates end-use surveys for parties involved in any cross-border transaction.

The new solution allows a trade compliance team to comprehensively survey and collect end-use statements from customers, suppliers and employees, establishing a standardized process for managing and ensuring compliance with international trade regulations.

“Companies that manufacture and export licensable goods must ensure that their customer and the intended end-use are approved and in compliance with export regulations. However, today this is largely a manual process that is difficult to administer, especially across a global enterprise,” said Adrienne Braumiller, Partner, Braumiller Schulz LLP.

“Management Dynamics’ End-Use Manager provides companies with the tools necessary to ensure that their shipments are delivered to the approved trade party and destined for friendly end-use.”

End-Use Manager can be flexibly deployed as a Web-based portal across any global enterprise and configured to meet the specific requirements of different business units. Surveys can be developed by business unit, transaction type, origin country and destination country, and populated with a pre-configured list of questions. In addition, all parties to the transaction are screened against the major sanctioned party lists.

The Netherlands Customs Office took a 'guerrilla marketing' approach to communicating their customs requirements to travelers entering the Schiphol Airport:

From the creator:

To communicate Dutch customs regulations to passengers arriving at Schiphol airport and remind incoming travelers to consider the contents of their luggage, S-W-H came up with the following: on the reclaim belts we planted dummy suitcases with a crocodiles tail sticking out with the additional message Something to declare? Please go to the red channel..

I think it's a good way to raise awareness about customs compliance; it's also interesting to see how people outside 'the business' view customs regulations. The agency who created this 'guerrilla marketing' campaign did a great job of getting traveler's attention - especially curious kids!

I have added a few more resources to the Analyst Reports and Webinars pages- here's a shortcut for you to check them out.

Happy Holidays from Trade Compliance Blog! I will be out on vacation for the rest of the year.

The Trade Compliance Center has sent out some new updates via email:

The Panjiva Blog has a 2010 outlook article on global sourcing. Among their predictions for the coming year:

The BIS has announced that registration is now available for the upcoming Export Control Forum this February.

In November, BBC's Box finished its year-long global journey and landed back in London with some new facts about its round-the-world journey, which I found to be a great illustration of the challenges we all face in our global supply chains. For example:

Hurray! The decades long trade fight over bananas has ended.

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