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One Day Training Import & Export Management and Working with Pakistan Single Window (PSW) (21-05-2022)
One Day Training Import & Export Management and Working with Pakistan Single Window (PSW) (21-05-2022)


Date: May 21,2022
Time: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/YkaEyrdi26QNRnke8
Fee Submission:
Registration Fee: PKR 5000/-
Bank Name: United Bank Limited
Account #: PK11 UNIL 0109 0002 7764 3788
Account Title: Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Introduction:
The world is suffering from post COVID effects and the common and major issue is disruptions in the supplies of goods. So the managing the import & export during pandemics, is the new competitive advantage to the firms.
This course is unique for the practitioners of International trade imports and exports, who would like to have a thorough hands on practice in order to learn about the hidden costs in trade and how to optimize the landed costs. This course is for professionals who are willing to build their capacity to do the import export differently. This training’s main focus will be on the newly adopted Pakistan Single Window (PSW) as the national single window initiative under WTO’s TFA. Participants will be able to understand, subscribe, use and work with PSW with confidence. This practical workshop can be employed by the participants to advance in their current work, to prepare for new prospects in international trade and careers, and to generally understand the importance and role of cost efficiencies strategies in international business.
Knowledge Areas:
Introduction to International Trade, its scope, importance, risks and barriers
Overview of Global Trade by analyzing trade statistics
Complete understanding the effective use of HS Codes
Apply ICC’s Incoterms to properly allocate the costs and risks of global shipments
Pre-shipment planning to understand how you may be impacted by the large number of regulations affecting shipments to the Pakistan
Understand the various global payment methods such as letters of credit, wire transfer, and documentary collections
How to have a cost effective market analysis by knowing some of the international data sources  and their analysis
Apply a landed cost model and integrate risk analysis techniques into your global sourcing strategy
Introduction to Pakistan Single Window (PSW)
Features of PSW
Understanding the elimination of EIF and EEF PSW
Understanding Pakistan Single Window’s subscription process
Affiliating bank profiles over PSW
Understanding financial instruments over PSW
Filing of Goods Declarations over PSW.
Recommended Audience:
This training is targeting International Trade, Trade Finance, Banking, import Export and procurement/ contract professionals, working on all executive layers, supply chain professionals, inventory, warehouse and stock controllers, Service supply chain professionals, traders, importers, distributors, and all those business concerns who want to learn that how and why it is important to manage the import export business and what strategies are there to optimize landed costs.
Methodology:
Lectures, Demonstrations, Exercises, Quizzes, group activities, Q&A and discussions.
Duration:
One Day (8 Hours) including tea and lunch breaks
About Trainer:
Mr. Muhammad Idrees Asghar possesses MS in Supply Chain Management with distinction and Rector’s Merit Awards. Mr. Muhammad Idrees is a researcher in Supply Chain Management with a number of International Research Publications. Mr. Muhammad Idrees is United Nations UN’s certified consultant with more than thirty five International and national certifications. Muhammad Idrees Asghar is Pakistan’s first and only approved Master Trainer by NBDP-SMEDA (Ministry of Industries) on International Trade and Import Export. Mr. Idrees has proven success in International Trade, Import-Export, Procurement, and Supply Chain Management. He has conducted a number of Trainings with Pakistan’s renowned institution and corporate clients. Mr. M Idrees is a certified practitioner and consultant of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) on Incoterms® 2020. He is the Course Director at “Pakistan Institute of Management (PIM)”. With a large number of National and Multinational clients, Mr. Idrees is adept at organizing and facilitating import-export and SCM training programs and activities.