09/09/2014
How to update your supply chain strategy for maximum efficiency
Without an efficient supply chain strategy in place, customers cannot be serviced properly and maximum profits cannot be achieved.
CITP
08/09/2014
Albert Knab, CITP│FIBP — International Business Management Professor/Coordinator
Albert Knab is an International Business Management Professor at Fanshawe College’s Lawrence Kinlin School of Business in London, Ontario.
03/09/2014
What skills are needed to succeed in global trade?
International business professionals in our Twitter community came together last month for a #TradeElite chat on the topic of skills in global trade. Speaking from a variety of backgrounds, levels of experience and geographic locations, they discussed the skills, knowledge and abilities that are needed to succeed in the industry.
06/08/2014
Lindsay Brumwell, CITP│FIBP — Trade Specialist
Lindsay Brumwell is a Trade Specialist, Agri-Value at Saskatchewan Trade & Export Partnership (STEP), which champions the province of Saskatchewan’s export industry and assists provincial businesses in realizing global marketing opportunities.
01/08/2014
Top three potential barriers to foreign market entry
Companies entering new markets might face problems or increased costs because of the business environment and the way in which companies operate. For example, marketing services might be prohibitively expensive. The banking system might be undeveloped, and certain payment mechanisms may be unavailable. Letters of credit might be unreliable or difficult to obtain.
29/07/2014
Inspirational story from Iraq on overcoming barriers to a global trade career
In 2013, Samar decided to get involved in the FITTskills training program that was being offered in Baghdad through USAID and the Central Bank of Iraq’s Banking Studies Center to help develop her global trade career.
23/07/2014
Zeeshanali Fazal, CITP│FIBP — Underwriter and Advisor of Financial Guarantees
Zeeshanali Fazal is an Underwriter and Advisor of Financial Guarantees at Export Development Canada (EDC) in Montreal, Quebec. He was born in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where he spent his childhood. Zeeshanali moved to Pakistan in the early 1990s, and by the late 1990s he moved to Canada where he completed his high school, CEGEP and university education in finance.
11/07/2014
Making a mid-career turn towards opportunities in international trade
My interest in international trade began as early as in elementary school when my imagination was captured by the evolution of Canada as a trading nation.
30/06/2014
O it’s great to do international trade with Canada!
Since tomorrow is Canada Day, I thought I’d take this opportunity to share with all the non-Canucks a little more information about how to do international trade with Canada and with Canadians.
11/06/2014
Dr. Faisal Mohammed El Amir, CITP|FIBP — Senior Industrial Consultant
Doctor Faisal Mohammed El Amir is a Senior Industrial Consultant at Dubai Exports (DE), an agency of the Dubai Economic Development Department. Dubai Exports promotes exports by helping its client companies participate in exhibitions and outward missions.