Analyst Reports

American Shipper and BPE recently conducted a study to provide readers with a greater understanding of the trends and issues impacting U.S. import operations and compliance managers.
 

American Shipper and BPE recently conducted a survey to learn more about issues that affect U.S. exporters. The resulting benchmark report provides steps that exporters can take to align their practices with best-in-class operations.
 

This new report from the AberdeenGroup explores how 56 companies with active C-level involvement are approaching the global expansion of their supply chains.
 

This new report from AberdeenGroup focuses on gaining visibility into critical elements across the end-to-end logistics network for improving cost and service. Additionally, it takes a look at how Best-in-Class companies are streamlining their supply chains.
 

American Shipper, in partnership with the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), surveyed nearly 300 transportation managers on their international and cross-border transportation management systems, practices, and processes. This study will examine how successful firms are managing international transportation, and look for emerging trends that will develop in the near future.
 

Aberdeen Group's survey of 136 global exporters and importers in August and September 2010 reveals that trade compliance teams are actively revamping and augmenting their Global Trade Management (GTM) and specifically their Global Trade Compliance (GTC) programs to stay current with supply and demand fluctuations, growing global operations, increasing operational complexity and risk, and trade lane changes.
 

In this research report, Aberdeen analyzes data collected in five cross-industry enterprise surveys conducted over the past 18 months to reveal the key pressures, challenges, and business and technology solutions used by the retail and consumer industry companies with global supply chains.
 

This study takes the pulse of ISF compliance initiatives, reviews the challenges, and offers actionable guidance for importers wrestling with the new Customs 10+2 regulation.
 

For companies involved in export, restricted party screening is usually the first task automated to eliminate the time-consuming and error-prone manual search and matching process. In this recent article, AMR Research highlights the value of using an automated solution for restricted party screening (RPS).
 

This report from Aberdeen examines the strategic compliance practices and initiatives of 340 exporters and importers, as global trade compliance is being transformed from a back-office function to a top priority of international corporations.
 

In this research report, Aberdeen Group found that few companies have examined and quantified the financial benefits that their trade compliance group brings to their company or assessed fully where the greatest opportunities are for driving further improvement.