To reach its aspirations of creating an end-to-end global trade management (GTM) solution, TradeBeam, a leading provider of global trade solutions, has designed several so-called "solution blueprints" for solving specific global trade issues. Solutions range from providing import shipment visibility and trade compliance to eliminating financial discrepancies while managing letters of credit (LC). TradeBeam's Solution Blueprints begin with the key pain points of global trade and identify tools and strategies available to corporations seeking the advantages of optimized GTM. They include a non-prescriptive set of GTM applications that, individually, may add significant value to a user corporation while solving specific export management problems. The idea is to align strategies with finance and logistics organizations and to establish a beachhead with a relatively quick proof of concept that starts automating a defined set of processes and provides payback in several months. Given that the GTM market is still relatively new, TradeBeam has done an impressive job establishing itself as a pioneer.
Part Four of the TradeBeam Keeps on Rounding Out Its GTM Set series.
To broaden its offering, TradeBeam has embarked on a series of careful acquisitions. Its acquisition of SupplySolution has helped TradeBeam produce its collaborative inventory management (CIM) solution blueprint, which shares and communicate parts levels, shipment data, and forecast to anticipate and manage shortages and schedule changes through event driven alerts. In doing so, the solution solves business problems like poor inventory visibility through the networked supply chain, excessive buffer inventories, and costly impact of shortages and schedule changes. TradeBeam also has other acquisitions bundled with its in-house, organic development.. Export management, import management, trade finance, legalization, global trade content, insurance and claims management, letter of credit, and supply chain electronic management are other solution blueprints that TradeBeam has developed or is in the process of releasing. TradeBeam's Letter of Credit Solution Blueprint and SCEM Solution Blueprint are two that are particularly noteworthy because both their core functionality came from acquisitions and lead to significant advances in the field of global trade settlement solutions
TradeBeam aimed to reduce discrepancies and improve efficiencies in the financial supply chain through automated document preparation and collections, managed LC creation, and issuance expiry and draws. Thus it acquired LC Express in 2003, IFR, and eTime Capital in 2002, which has allowed TradeBeam to develop its impressive LC methodology. The transactions were stock and cash deals, where TradeBeam acquired the companies out of bankruptcy. eTime Capital had spent over $45 million (USD) developing solutions for its customers to helped them optimize their cash flow cycle by applying a groundbreaking technology and a differentiated capability linking financial settlement to the global trade logistics business processes through reconciliation, exception management and real-time reporting. These capabilities have meanwhile provided an excellent complement to TradeBeam's global trade business process and document management solution. Automating the overall letters of credit (LC) process to ensure accuracy and reduce the discrepancy rate is not simply a matter of automating LC issuance. The process if far more complicated because automation is a necessary precursor to integrating the entire supply chain. LC are one of the most important payment and financing vehicles for international trade, because they offer security and risk mitigation. However, in exchange for this security, there are additional costs and challenges. For example, up to 70 percent of all LC documents submitted to the bank for payment are rejected upon first presentation because the documentation has been issued incorrectly. This leads to payment delays, additional fees, and in some cases, non-payment of the drawing. Other LC-related challenges are complicated and lengthy application process, delays in conducting the transaction due to the long issuance process, the strict and often complex documentary requirements, associated secondary and penalty fees, and the high susceptibility to errors because multiple parties must produce documentation.
The result was TradeBeam's Letter of Credit Solution Blueprint, which manages existing LC use and relationships for over one hundred and fifty corporate clients. It synchronizes payment terms and critical supporting documents to enable both electronic LC creation and bank presentation. Part of the secret to TradeBeam's success lies in its document management and reconciliation capability that generates documents based on the LC terms, making use of business partner profiles, electronic data transmission, and templates to minimize data entry. Paper and electronic distribution of LC documentation can be made to banks, trading partners, or any service provider. All documents created and managed by TradeBeam are compliant with Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP500) and Electronic Uniform Customs and Practice (eUCP).
Part Four of the TradeBeam Keeps on Rounding Out Its GTM Set series.
To broaden its offering, TradeBeam has embarked on a series of careful acquisitions. Its acquisition of SupplySolution has helped TradeBeam produce its collaborative inventory management (CIM) solution blueprint, which shares and communicate parts levels, shipment data, and forecast to anticipate and manage shortages and schedule changes through event driven alerts. In doing so, the solution solves business problems like poor inventory visibility through the networked supply chain, excessive buffer inventories, and costly impact of shortages and schedule changes. TradeBeam also has other acquisitions bundled with its in-house, organic development.. Export management, import management, trade finance, legalization, global trade content, insurance and claims management, letter of credit, and supply chain electronic management are other solution blueprints that TradeBeam has developed or is in the process of releasing. TradeBeam's Letter of Credit Solution Blueprint and SCEM Solution Blueprint are two that are particularly noteworthy because both their core functionality came from acquisitions and lead to significant advances in the field of global trade settlement solutions
TradeBeam aimed to reduce discrepancies and improve efficiencies in the financial supply chain through automated document preparation and collections, managed LC creation, and issuance expiry and draws. Thus it acquired LC Express in 2003, IFR, and eTime Capital in 2002, which has allowed TradeBeam to develop its impressive LC methodology. The transactions were stock and cash deals, where TradeBeam acquired the companies out of bankruptcy. eTime Capital had spent over $45 million (USD) developing solutions for its customers to helped them optimize their cash flow cycle by applying a groundbreaking technology and a differentiated capability linking financial settlement to the global trade logistics business processes through reconciliation, exception management and real-time reporting. These capabilities have meanwhile provided an excellent complement to TradeBeam's global trade business process and document management solution. Automating the overall letters of credit (LC) process to ensure accuracy and reduce the discrepancy rate is not simply a matter of automating LC issuance. The process if far more complicated because automation is a necessary precursor to integrating the entire supply chain. LC are one of the most important payment and financing vehicles for international trade, because they offer security and risk mitigation. However, in exchange for this security, there are additional costs and challenges. For example, up to 70 percent of all LC documents submitted to the bank for payment are rejected upon first presentation because the documentation has been issued incorrectly. This leads to payment delays, additional fees, and in some cases, non-payment of the drawing. Other LC-related challenges are complicated and lengthy application process, delays in conducting the transaction due to the long issuance process, the strict and often complex documentary requirements, associated secondary and penalty fees, and the high susceptibility to errors because multiple parties must produce documentation.
The result was TradeBeam's Letter of Credit Solution Blueprint, which manages existing LC use and relationships for over one hundred and fifty corporate clients. It synchronizes payment terms and critical supporting documents to enable both electronic LC creation and bank presentation. Part of the secret to TradeBeam's success lies in its document management and reconciliation capability that generates documents based on the LC terms, making use of business partner profiles, electronic data transmission, and templates to minimize data entry. Paper and electronic distribution of LC documentation can be made to banks, trading partners, or any service provider. All documents created and managed by TradeBeam are compliant with Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP500) and Electronic Uniform Customs and Practice (eUCP).
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