Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 01 | Page 88

INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Software for Business Trade Management Software market 11.42% CAGR growth by 2021 ///////////////////////////// International, MIC, and TradeLanes. Global Trade Management (GTM) is a software that is used to streamline life cycle of trade activities in areas such as logistics and settlement. GTM helps to improve operating efficiencies and cash flows significantly and is also comprehensive. It helps organisations to use the cross-functional and system-wide view of global trade and is applied by many companies in their global operations. A ccording to the Global Trade Management Software Market 2017–2021 report, one of the major drivers for this market is needed for efficient supply chain. The need for global supply chain visibility and optimisation has increased among trading companies because of the growing cost of global shipments, extended delivery time and the variations in lead time. The visibility into the global supply chain is necessary as it helps to avoid overstocking of inventory, optimise supply chain networks and mitigate trade compliance risks. However, the use of manual or outdated technologies and the complexity of the global trading systems, which have different data and message formats, are obscuring the visibility into the networks of the supply chain. The analysts forecast the global Trade Management Software market to grow at a CAGR of 11.42% during the period 2017– 2021. The latest trend gaining momentum 88 INTELLIGENTCIO in the Trade Management Software market is GTM software adapting to globalisation in trade. Many companies are using global trade as a way of expanding their businesses and to increase their profit margins. To cope with the increasing changes in the global trade sector, GTM software activities are also becoming more globalised. GTM has moved away from the traditional global trade approach and is driven by the growth of e-commerce, omnichannel and other distribution approaches. A high number of regulations associated with country-to- country imports and exports is one of the major trends that will be seen during the forecast period. The key players in the global Trade Management Software market are: Amber Road, Aptean, Descartes, Infor, Integration Point, Oracle, QAD, SAP, QuestaWeb, and Visual Compliance. Other Prominent Vendors in the market are: Bamboo Rose, WiseTech Global, BluJay Solutions, MercuryGate Furthermore, the report states that one of the major factors hindering the growth of this market is data security and privacy. Most of the business organisations prefer cloud-based trade software over on- premise trade software because of its cost-effectiveness and easy accessibility. However, the implementation of cloud- based solutions could reveal trade-related information to public or competitors due to security vulnerabilities on the web, which can result in the misuse or manipulation of data. There is also a high chance of a breach of logistics information when the right security measures are not in place. The report has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the market landscape and its growth prospects over the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market. Another related report is Global Photo Editing Software Market 2017–2021, the analysts forecast the global photo editing software market to grow at a CAGR of 6.35% during the period 2017–2021. Those involved include: Adobe Systems, Corel, ACD Systems and CyberLink. Other Prominent vendors in the market include: Apple, DxO Labs, Alphabet (Google), Macphun, ON1, Phase One, Polarr and Serif Europe. n www.intelligentcio.com