AETI Agenda

The following agenda is typical for AETI 2-day seminars. The format allows plenty of time for questions and answers both during the various segments, and at the end of Day Two.

Click here for a typical 1-day agenda.

Companies hosting on-site, custom training can use either agenda as a reference to designing their own program.

DAY ONE

Morning:

8:00 am - Coffee and Registration

8:30 am - Introduction & Overview

	Foreign Trade Procedures
	What's New? The UCP 600

8:45 am - Financial Supply Chain Management

	International Payment Procedures & Risks
	Payment Terms Defined
	Drafts and Acceptances Defined

9:30 am - International Pricing Terms (Incoterms 2000)

10:15 am - Break

10:25 am - International Pricing Terms (Cont’d)

11:10 am- Insurance Basics

11:30 am - Role Of the Freight Forwarder

Noon - Lunch

Afternoon:

1:00 pm - Managing your Financial Supply Chain: Introduction to Letters of Credit

	Types of Letters of Credit (LCs)
	20 Key Elements of a Commercial LC
	Key Roles of the Banks
	Setting up an Effective LC

2:50 pm - Break

3:00 pm - Letters of Credit (continued)

	Proper LC Structure
	Diagrams and Flow Charts

4:50 pm - Summary & Review

5:00 pm - Adjourn

DAY TWO

Morning:

8:00 am - Coffee

8:15 am - Review of Day 1

8:40 am - Documents, Concepts & Explanations

	Dealing with Discrepancies
	Bills of Lading (Steamship/ Air Guarantees)

9:15 am - Understanding the Engagement Clause

9:35 am - How to use LCs as Effective Financing Tools

	Drafts and Acceptances as Financing Tools
	Diagrams and Flow Charts

10:20 am - Break

10:30 am - Introduction to the UCP 500

	Highlights of the UCP 600
	International Standard Banking Practice (ISBP)

Noon - Lunch

Afternoon:

1:00 pm - How to Read and Understand LCs

Case Studies

2:50 pm - Break

3:00 pm - Documentary Collections & Managing Your Financial Supply Chain

Alternatives to LCs

4:00 pm - Financing Alternatives

	Government Programs
	The Role of Credit Insurance

4:40 pm - Course Evaluation

4:50 pm - Summary & Conclusion

5:00 pm - Adjourn (at many seminars, the attendees agree to start early on Day 2 so there is more time for informal Q&A, often cited as the best part of the session)

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