World Trade - January 2009 - (Page 7)

® INSIDE WORLD TRADE Group Publisher Tom Esposito Publisher Sarah Harding Editorial Director Neil Shister shistern@bnpmedia.com Managing Editor Lara L. Sowinski Art Director Michael T. Powell Contributing Writers Mark Bernstein, Richard Barovick, Gail Dutton, Winn Hardin, Joshua Kurlantzick, Andrea MacDonald, Clay Risen, Jeremy Smith, April Terreri, Amy Zuckerman WORLD TRADE MAGAZINE EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Grant Belanger Ford Motor Company Director South America Operations Steve Palagyi Director, Paciﬁc Region PRTM Consulting Erik Autor Vice President and International Counsel National Retail Federation Susan G. Esserman Chair, International Department Steptoe & Johnson Beth Enslow Global Supply Chain Resiliency Marsh, Inc. Kurt Cavano, Chairman and CEO, TradeCard Frank Vogl, Vogl Communications, Washington D.C. Thomas E. Crocker Co-Chair International Trade and Regulatory Group, Alston & Bird LLP Supply Chain Finance Conference: The Right Stuff at the Right Time! n rare occasion a business journalist gets the opportunity not just to report ‘history’ but participate in its shaping. I believe such a moment is forthcoming on March 10 and 11 in Chicago. World Trade magazine, in partnership with NEIL SHISTER the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, will be holding a conference on a subject destined to emerge as the next step leap in the evolution of enterprise management—Optimizing Working Capital by Integrating Trade Finance and the Supply Chain: The New Operational Paradigm. In my travels through the transportation, distribution, manufacturing and retail sectors I hear a consistent complaint: corporate ﬁnance and the supply chain don’t talk to each other. There’s no real mystery why not. The treasurer’s ofﬁce typically views the supply chain almost exclusively as a cost center (to be reigned in); the supply chain folks correspondingly are measured by narrow metrics, which often are inconsistent with contributions they can make to the holistic performance of the enterprise (not their fault, they do what they’re told!). ‘Working capital’ is where the rubber hits the road. In the best of times, squeezing more out of working capital to fully optimize its return might not be quite as compelling as it is today. But these times, to say the least, aren’t the best! But how to integrate the supply chain with ﬁnance? How to begin to conﬂate two separate ‘silos’ to provide superior management, visibility and measurement? How to implement IT platforms capable of the job? How to persuade board room decision makers and line managers to leap into new territory? Those are the questions we plan to address in Chicago. Our starting point will be trade ﬁnance but—to underscore the importance of this subject—we’ll be expanding trade ﬁnance O SALES Publisher /Midwest Sales National Sales Director-East Sarah Harding 216.991.4861 hardings@worldtrademag.com Randi Giambruno 516.377.3906 giambrunor@worldtrademag.com Ed Lohmann 925.648.2562 lohmanne@worldtrademag.com Vito Laudati 630.694.4018 Fax: 248.283.6618 laudativ@bnpmedia.com Hong Kong Ofﬁce Publicitas Wendy Lin Tel: 852.2527.3525, Fax: 852.2528.3260 Steve Beyer Tel: 847.516.1977, Cell: 630.699.7625 beyers@bnpmedia.com National Sales Director-West Inside Sales Manager/Print Asia Director Custom Media OPERATIONS STAFF Production Manager Marketing Coordinator Web Seminar Project Manager Reprint Manager & Trade Show Coordinator Group Audience Development Manager Multimedia Manager Corp. Audience Audit Manager Postal List Rental E-mail List Rental Single Copy & Back Issue Sales John Talan, 248.244.8253 Amanda Podina Bryan Cairns, 248.786.1613 Cindy Williams 610.436.4220 ext. 8516 williamsc@bnpmedia.com Christopher Sheehy Katie Jabour Catherine Ronan Robert Liska, 800.223.2194 robert.liska@edithroman.com Shawn Kingston, 800.409.4443 shawn.kingston@epostdirect.com Ann Kalb, 248.244.6499 kalba@bnpmedia.com WORLD TRADE HEADQUARTERS 600 Willowbrook Lane Ste. 610 West Chester, Pa. 19382 www.worldtrademag.com CORPORATE CORPORATE DIRECTORS Publishing Timothy A. Fausch Publishing David M. Lurie Publishing John R. Schrei Audience Development Christine A. Baloga Custom Media Steve M. Beyer Human Resources Rita M. Foumia Information Technology Scott Kesler Production Vincent M. Miconi Finance Lisa L. Paulus Creative Michael T. Powell Marketing Douglas B. Siwek Directories Nikki Smith Conferences & Events Scott A. Wolters Clear Seas Research John E. Thomas BNP Media Helps People Succeed in Business with Superior Information BNP Media Corporate Telephone: 248. 244.6400 to include most supply chain ﬁnancing. To our knowledge this space—a high level conference addressing the integration of corporate ﬁnance and the supply chain—is unﬁlled. Which makes our mission—to bring together leaders from both areas to begin the conversation—all the more compelling. The roster of participants is, indeed, impressive. Keynote luncheon speaker will John Ahern, Global Head of Trade Services at Citibank, along with top tier supply chain officers from Nike and J Crew. Other leaders participating in the participatory panels (we’re holding attendance down to 60 to facilitate audience interaction) include Philippe Lambotte (Senior VP at Kraft Foods for Customer Service and Logistics), Tony Brown (First Capital’s Managing Director/International Division), Chris Vukas (UPS Capital’s Managing Director, Global Supply Chain Finance), Mark Self (Motorola VP, Industry Solutions) as well as heads of the three leading trade ﬁnance platform providers (TradeStone, TradeCard and GT Nexus). As I said, we’ve designed this conference to NOT repeat NOT be a series of Powerpoints (boring!) but rather animated, workshop-like conversation focused around real-life questions and answers (attendees will have the opportunity to submit advance questions pertinent to their speciﬁc situation for general discussion). ‘Necessity’, as they say, ‘is the mother of invention.’ And—as a service to our audience—we’re convening ‘invention’ experts who can demonstrate—demonstrate— ways to begin to get more bang out of your operating buck. Often at marginal cost (or even immediate savings). To say nothing of the longer-term implications of streamlining your enterprise. For details and to register, see the web: http://cscmpworldtrade.com/ So come on down! Neil Shister, Editorial Director shistern@worldtrademag.com WWW.WORLDTRADEMAG.COM For subscription information or service, please contact Customer Service at: Tel: 847.763.9534 or Fax: 847.763.9538 or e-mail WTR@halldata.com PRINTED IN THE USA 7 http://www.worldtrademag.com http://cscmpworldtrade.com/ http://www.WorldTrademag.com

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World Trade - January 2009 Contents Supply Chain Finance Conference: The Right Stuff at the Right Time! Is the Dollar's 'Exorbitant Privelege' as the Global Standard at Risk? Supply Chain Watch Tradewinds The Rise of the 4PL An Evolving Tech Backbone Makes 4PL Service More Effective The Changing Landscape of U.S. Railroads Intermodal Grows Up Port of Hamburg Grows as Distribution Point to Eastern Europe Outsourcing Without Fear Measuring the Carbon Footprint

World Trade - January 2009

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