The document outlines five key strategies to enhance an import-export business, including leveraging communication tools tailored to different cultures, managing multiple currencies with software solutions, automating operational workflows, and maintaining cash flow. It emphasizes the importance of relationship-building and cultural understanding in international trade. Additionally, it suggests optimizing shipping costs and quality control to mitigate risks associated with global operations.

1. 5
WAYS TO
IMPROVE YOUR
IMPORT-EXPORT
BUSINESS NOW
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2. AS AN IMPORTER AND EXPORTER
Your business is subject to
Ebb and flow of global consumer
sentiment and geo-national politics

4. RUN ON GLOBAL
TIME
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5. IMPORT-EXPORT BUSINESS RUNS 24/7
While you’re sleeping, the rest of the
world is waking up to another day and
business continues at a steady pace

6. ASYNCHRONOUS MEANS OF
COMMUNICATION
Run your business and workflows in
the cloud. Nobody uses fax machines
anymore

7. FOLLOW WHAT YOUR
CUSTOMERS AND SUPPLIERS
USE
China WeChat
States Facebook Messeng
er
Japan and South
Korea
LINE messaging
app
Europe and South-
East Asia
WhatsApp

8. UNDERSTAND
DIFFERENT CULTURES
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9. BUILDING THE RELATIONSHIP
Take the effort to understand each
country’s culture in a deeper way, and
pick up a few words in the process

10. YOUR BUSINESS CARD
REPRESENTS YOU
Your business card is an extension of you. Present your business
card with two hands. Likewise, receive another’s card with two
hands and take your time to read and study it

11. MANAGE MULTIPLE
CURRENCIES
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12. MULTIPLE CURRENCIES
One good reason to use a software
solution is to manage multiple
currencies for your customers,
suppliers, sales and financial reports

13. INTERNATIONAL CURRENCIES
Inventory management software such
as EMERGE App allows you to use as
many currencies as you need in your
business

15. EXPEDITE
OPERATIONAL
WORKFLOW
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16. AUTOMATE WHERE POSSIBLE
Another good reason to use inventory
management software is to introduce
efficiencies into your operational
workflow wherever possible

17. USE TIME-SAVING SHORTCUTS
Use barcode technology to dispatch
your products before shipping them
out. This means a faster and more
accurate workflow

18. EMERGE App will automatically adjust the
in-stock quantity in your warehouse

19. KEEP AN EYE ON
CASH FLOW
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20. CASH FLOW
Cash flow is the bane of any business,
whether small or large. But as you
know, for those doing international
trade the risks are magnified

21. SOME WAYS TO SPEED TO
MARKET
 Sourcing suppliers and
manufacturers from trade portals
or overseas trade exhibitions
 Check for quality control
 Consider engaging a customs
broker to expedite your imports
through customs
 Reduce some of the shipping costs
by using your own freight
forwarder.

22. CASH FLOW
Use the software’s (Inventory
Management Software Features)
time-saving and clever tips to improve
your operations and manage risks
elsewhere in your business

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