The organization, planning and control process

ICE - Export Readiness Assessment Tool

The excel tool is an interactive questionnaire allowing users to assess the export readiness of a company. The questionnaire, also available in pdf format, is characterized by five sections: focus, structure, value, marketing and systems. All the following documents are in Italian.

ICE - Distribution Strategy Planning Tool

The excel tool supports users in evaluating the distribution potential, as well as defining the mix of channels to reach customers on the end-markets. The tool, as its tutorial, is in Italian.

ICE - International Sales Budgeting Tool

The excel tool aims at simplifying the definition of sales budget, helping users to think more strategically, with a multiannual perspective. The tool, as its tutorial, is in Italian.

ERA

ERA (era.studiabo.it) is a system that enables real-time evaluation of “Export readiness” with respect to the resources and competitiveness of the company.

Ulisse Magazine

Ulisse Magazine is a project of information and insight into the issues of foreign trade and commodity prices. Its strengths are timeliness and interactivity. Timeliness: The use of the Ulisse Information System Editors allows analysis of the evolution of international trade and raw material prices in “real time”.

Interactivity: UlisseMag is the first online magazine to use interactive graphics that allow the user to easily explore the topics discussed.

ORGANIZATION, APPLICATION AND CONTROL IN MARKETING MANAGEMENT

The study examines the details of organization, application and control in marketing management. The Portalis Turkish.

Project Management tools

Gantter

Online solution for simple scheduling and resources allocation, allowing users to create, import and export documents and print reports. The video tutorial is in English.

ProjectLibre

Project management desktop solution allowing users to manage Gantt Charts, Network Diagrams, WBS and RBS charts. The video tutorial is in English.

ClockingIT

After a free registration, this online solution allows users to allocate and manage resources, schedule tasks and save files. The video tutorial is in English.

GanttProject

Project management desktop solution allowing users to organize activities in a WBS, create baselines and milestones, as well as Gantt and Pert diagrams to schedule the project. The video tutorial is in English.

Basecamp

Desktop solution allowing project team to: collaborate in one or more projects; organize and divvy up work to be done; share files; discuss everything the project team need to get a project done. The video tutorial is in English.

Aceproject

Online solution providing a convenient and intuitive interface where it is possible to assign and control the tasks of the project team, plan and manage schedule and costs, share documents. It also allows users to receive updates to tasks, be notified when assigned to a new task, receive task reports and more. The video tutorial is in English.

Sinnaps

It is an online tool that automatically plans both simple and complex projects. It uses PERT and CPM techniques to automatically schedule and prioritize tasks and allows to create different project scenarios to see how planning responds to different situations. The tutorial is in Spanish.

Active Collab

The project manager creates milestones and tasks and assigns them to the team members. The users might keep in touch and receive alerts, as well as exchange files easily. Plus, it allows to write and reply e-mails without having entered into the system. The video tutorial is in English.

Producteev

It is an online to-do list that can be shared across any number of collaborators and you can create tasks and assign them, add deadlines and generate productivity reports.

Projify®

It is a friendly cloud-based collaboration tool where you can plan with milestones, manage tasks and tickets, share calendars, blogging and discussions, and share files and documents. The website is available in Spanish and English.

Export Readiness Assessment Tool

¿Estoy preparado para exportar?

The slides, published in the Instituto de Fomento de Murcia website, show how to carry out a diagnosis of internationalization, strategic analysis, market selection and the international marketing plan. The slides are in Spanish.

Useful Information for Planning

Information about Agri-food Market Sectors and their dynamics

The portal of EC “AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT” informs SMEs about Agri-food Market Sectors and their dynamic. The portal provides and a lot of other information and policies concerning agri-food sector. The portal is in English

Good practices in the Drink and Food sector

Report on trends in the Drink and Food sector

This report, edited by Sastre & Asociados, gathers innovative practices of some international companies in this sector. The document is in Spanish.

Manage your export operation

Stakeholders in the supply chain

Document prepared by Business France explaining how to manage export operations through the supply chain partners

Choosing a transport solution

Document prepared by Business France which explains how to analyze the material organization of the product routing in order to develop a transport solution

Documents and transport contracts

Document written by Business France which explains what you need to know about the three most frequent modes of transport for export: maritime transport, air transport and road transport.

The paking and marking shipment

The organization of shipments must include a reflection on packaging, preparation and marking of packages. This document, prepared by Business France, explains what to remember during the export operations

Customs export approach

Document prepared by Business France concerning the different customs solutions

The export obligations

Document written by Businnes France explaining the various obligations linked to exports

Prospect and contact Abroad

The prospecting process

Document prepared by Business France which explains how to develop a 4-step schematic prospecting file

Prospecting Management

This document, written by Business France, explains the steps to define the possible actions to contact the prospects according to the objectives in order to organize the prospection of the export market.

Participation at exhibition and fairs

Fairs and exhibitions appear as tools for communication and prospection.This practical fact sheet written by Business France explains the procedures concerning attendance at fairs and exhibitions

International Negociation

Practicalfact sheet prepared by Business France on international negotiation

Define the legal framework of your operations

The general conditions of sale

Document written by Business France, which explains how to write general conditions of sale

The international sales contract

Document written by Business France, which explains how to write an international sales contract

The exclusive distribution agreement of commercial concession

Document written by Business France, which explains how to write an exclusive distribution agreement of commercial concession

Collateral and payement guarantees

Document written by Business France, which explains the various payment guarantees that can be used when drafting a commercial contract

The protection of brand and domain name

Document written by Business France, which explains how to protect your own creations

Protecting your invention by a patent

Document written by Business France that explains what a patent is and how it can protect your inventions

Develop your export offer

Assessing the costs of export return

Document written by Business France, which explains how to determine the price of a product

Fixing the export price

Document written by Business France, which gives the information necessary to fix the price of a product destined for export

The submission of an export offers

Document written by Business France, which explains how to write an export offer

Distribute your products in target market

The unmanned distribution by the French company

Document written by Business France, which explains how to distribute products on the market

The delegate distribution

Document written by Business France, which explains how to set up an investments network in a foreign market

The distribution controlled by the french company

Document written by Business France, which introduces the figures of the commissioned agent, the employee representative, the subsidiary and the branch

Internet sales

Document written by Business France, which explains how to use the web to enlarge your business

The sale by tender

Document written by Business France, which explains the functioning of a call for tender

Coordinating networks

Document written by Business France, which explains how to foster distributor loyalty through the coordination of networks

Secure your payments

The international payment instruments

Document written by Business France, which presents the various payment instruments and their specificities

Banking techniques

Document written by Business France, which presents the various payment techniques

Transfer and hedging of non-payment

Document written by Business France that explains how to reduce credit risk

Exchange risk management

Document written by Business France that explains how to choose the currency and how to reduce the risk when choosing to bill In foreign currency

Currency risk hedging techniques

Document written by Business France that explains the different techniques used in order to hedge currency risk