Selected, Previously Published, WorldTradeDaily.com Articles of Special Note

Included in the original vision and mission when we launched WorldTradeDaily.com last May was offering advanced technologies and databases to the trade community at large (free of charge) with the idea of expanding the understanding and innovation within the field.  Unfortunately, since “free” still requires considerable financial and technological resources to launch and maintain, this aspect of the original vision and mission have yet to be fulfilled.  The expansive database repositories and advanced technologies still represent retained CenTradeX Assets that still possess tremendous intrinsic value.  In 2012, I will attempt to better represent and promote these resources.  To those interested in learning more, I suggest the following:

• Open source (free) access WTD database repositories.
• WTD Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) engine, analytics and reporting tools

Along those lines, we published a series of articles that represent the story behind WorldTradeDaily and the development of the innovative CenTradeX applications, acquired and now marketing by PIERS /UBM Global.

• Robert Thompson, Editor-in-Chief, World Trade Daily (an article by a reporter on Robert Thompson and the WorldTradeDaily.com start-up)
• World Trade Daily Vision and Mission
• WTD Backstory- Part 1; My Personal Journey Into the International Trade Arena
• WTD Backstory- Part 2; My Early Days with CenTradeX
• WTD Backstory- Part 3; My Later Days with CenTradeX
• WTD Backstory- Part 4; Acquisition of CenTradeX by UBM Global Trade/ PIERS
• WTD Backstory- Part 5: Retained CenTradeX Core Technologies & Licenses
• WTD Backstory- Part 6: Seedling of Vision & Inspiration by the WTCA

One of the most interesting series of articles that I developed over the last several months was an in-depth review and analysis of the Trade Intelligence providers that work with the U.S. Customs Data.  I focused on what I named the five “top tier TI providers” as as well as a cursory review of the dozen or so other “second tier” ones as well.  I dedicated the better part of a week on each, the first part of each week’s series is linked below.

Various Trade Data Sources and Value propositions offered by their products and services. Since the most likely prospects out there to purchase retained CenTradeX assets and contract my service are those who are in the business, particularly those who utilize U.S Customs data, I have dedicated many articles to them, their products and their particular strengths and weaknesses.  In fact 6 full weeks (4 articles each week) were dedicated to the players.  This is optional, but potentially valuable reading (for quick review) to understand the nuances of the value proposition that U.S. Customs data provides.

• Import Genius Part 1: Early Beginnings With Roots in the Importing Process and 3 other articles that week.
• Panjiva Part 1: A TI Platform with a Singular Business Purpose and 3 other articles that week.
• Datamyne, Part 1: Data Standardization and Product Code Attribution and 3 other articles that week.
• Zepol, Part 1: Fast, Faster, Fastest… Freakin’ Crazy Fast Search Engine and 3 other articles that week.
• PIERS, Part 1: The Fleet Battleship in an Ocean of TI Providers and 3 other articles that week.
• 2nd Tier TI Providers, Part 1: Top Secret & Ultra Top Secret Sources for Customs Data and 3 other articles that week.
• Survey of Trade Intelligence Providers: Review, Recap & Regards- Part 1 and 3 other articles that week.