I am at GT Nexus Bridge Conference in Miami. The first Bridges was in 2004 in San Francisco and now, in 2015, there are literally hundreds of people here.
I knew GT Nexus before it became the entity it is today, having knownTradeCardwhen it was founded back in 1999 as a system to replace the letter of credit for global trade. The old GT Nexus was a SaaS freight solution. The common link between the two companies is their private equity partner,华平.
Today, globalization, free trade agreements, global market opportunities in emerging markets, and the need for visibility and analytics has driven GT Nexus into one of the innovators in connecting the parties to a global trade transaction. Their platform enables companies to run Direct Sourcing and Import programs through a cloud-based platform connecting forwarders, suppliers, large Corporate buyers, financing banks, etc. They employ about 1,000 people and serve about 20,000 businesses in industries ranging from manufacturing to retail to consumer goods. The old Tradecard had a lot of traction in retail given the global sourcing of textiles, footwear, and apparel, and combined with GT Nexus SaaS transportation management capabilities, is focused on helping other industries that are distributed globally.
Think of GT Nexus as商业网络基础设施-with the following functionality –购买以支付，someOrder to Cash（是的，它们帮助零售商向消费者销售），供应链执行与物流. GT Nexus likes to think of themselves as being different because they can handle cross border trade, and cross border trade typically involves buying and moving goods such as finished merchandise for retailers or components for manufacturers. They also address what for many firms is the largest of indirect spends, freight and logistics.
They believe that the battle is with the giants ,Oracle和SAP/Ariba,or in their words, it’s Enterprise Centric Systems Vs. Networked Systems.
Today is a pre conference network day (or beach day, whatever suits you). Here are a sample of presentations starting today:
- 吉姆·卡丰，Pfizeron aligning your supply chain in Pharma
- Todd Glance,李尔王，在李尔王的下一级供应链协调中
- Deckersjourney of Supply Chain Transformation
- P&G关注拘留和滞期费
- 通过创新的供应链金融改变实体供应链，这与my post yesterday on pre shipment finance.
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