Participants will gain a fundamental understanding of the Excel environment and the ability to complete tasks independently. They will know and demonstrate the correct application of the principal features of Excel 2016. Participants will create and edit a workbook with multiple sheets, and use a graphic element to represent data visually. Workbook examples include professional looking budgets, financial statements, team performance charts, sales invoices, and data-entry logs. Read more

Participants will gain an advanced level of understanding for the Microsoft Excel environment, and the ability to guide others to the proper use of the program's full features - critical skills for those in roles such as accountants, financial analysts, and commercial bankers. Participants will create, manage, and distribute professional spreadsheets for a variety of specialized purposes and situations. They will customize their Excel 2016 environments to meet project needs and increase productivity. Expert workbook examples include custom business templates, multi-axis financial charts, amortization tables, and inventory schedules. Read more

ITS-03-FIT-002 - Documentary CollectionsPractical online overview of Documentary Collections and their management.This course is ideal for exporters wishing to gain a greater understanding of the Documentary Collection Process.  This short course is based on content from our highly successful Finance of International Trade online certification programme.In this unit you will:Learn that Documentary Collections are a service provided by the bank whereby the bank facilitates the settlement of payment between international buyers and sellers by collection of financial and commercial documents.You will discover that Collections offer a greater degree of security to the exporter than open account transactions.You will understand the operation of:1. Export Collections2. Import Collections Having trouble accessing the course? Email us at support@ebsi.ie or contact us on Skype at ebsikiltimagh and we will help you out!  Read more

ITS-03-FIT-008 - Export Credit Agency FinanceWe will see that ECA programmes focus more on medium to long term trade financing always with the objective of supporting exports from with a high national content of national production.Export Credit Agencies (ECA's) provide either direct or indirect governmental support to their national export sectorsIn this unit you will learn:- The role of the Export Credit Agency (ECA);- Supplier and Buyer Credit Strucutres;- The fundamentals of Warehouse Finance. Read more

ITS - TCP - 006 - Export Documentation In this unit we will study the documents necessary for international trade transactions. We will examine in detail the following core documents: invoice, packing list, certificate of origin, transport and insurance documents. The objectives of this unit are: 1) to learn about international trade documents; 2) to know how to properly fill them in; 3) to examine checklists for the documents. Documents play an essential role in documentary methods of payment such as letters of credit. Read more

ITS - TCP - 002 - Export Packaging Once an export order has been accepted and sales and delivery conditions established, it will be the exporter's responsibility to ensure that the goods are packaged in a way which will ensure that they will reach the importer in optimum condition.   In this unit you will: - Learn the importance of adequate packaging in export transactions. This will be achieved by: - Outlining the types of export packaging available to the exporter. - Analysing the criteria to be used in the selection of export packaging. - Outlining various packing options including pallets, containers and distribution of pallets in containers. - Examining the different materials that can be used for packaging. Read more