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May 2003

TIMBERWeb to showcase the new Public to Private eTrader system at LIGNA 2003

Just what is Trading Online and how far does it go?

TIMBERWeb explains the new eTrader4

The TIMBERWeb eTrader V4.0 recognises long standing traditional trading methods and will be on show at LIGNA 2003 and personal demonstrations will be possible by TIMBERWeb staff.

Trading in timber and lumber online is a wide subject area and means different things to different people. Firstly we need to define the term ‘trading’. Does this simply mean ‘networking’ or ‘prospecting for business’ with putting up demand and supply, as with many marketplace sites or does it mean a lot more ? In our view, it is a lot more than this, eTrading means the making of an agreement online, which at the very least is ‘subject to normal traditional contracts’.

It should mean however (taking this one step further), a legally binding eContract, just like an electronic ticket is a contract between you and an airline. TIMBERWeb’s new eTrader system permits this based on the widely adopted contractual steps of ‘Offer’ (together with counter Offer) and ‘Acceptance’

Of course the trading process doesn’t end there, tracking of the production and fulfilment status of the contract and financing and eventual payment could also be added to the process? This however requires integration of the eTrader with practically all sellers in the marketplace, a nice prospect but unlikely to become reality in the short term.

Reaching the agreement and contractual stage online is still difficult for many businesses because of ‘in-house’ delegated authority and traditional historical practices varying within each business. However this is not difficult to achieve and requires no integration of systems and contracts and the record of negotiations to reach agreement can be downloaded so no reliance is placed upon the eMarket.

So how does TIMBERWeb’s system work?

Agamemnon Timber	Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom
British hardwoods	Bingley, West Yorkshire, England
Cargo Management & Logistics Ltd	Oxted, Surrey, United Kingdom
Shanghai VIVA Wood Products Co., Ltd	Xiu Jia Hui Lu, Shanghai, China
Harworth Power	Harworth, Doncaster, United Kingdom
Abraham van Stolk en Zoonen Houthandel bv	Rotterdam, zuid holland, Netherlands
Abex	La Rochelle, France
WEINIG AG	Tauberbischofsheim, Germany
Forestal Santa Barbara	Salta, Salta, Argentina
Junction 4 pallets	Doncaster, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Canada - Economic momentum building
According to a report issued on 2nd May by the Canadian High...

Sweden - Swedish Wood Association announces a dramatic contraction in Swedish Timber exports
Softwood exports including planed goods have dropped 2.9% in...

Brazil - Pine demand exceeding supply is pushing up prices
Brazil is known for offering some of the lowest log prices i...

Liberia - ‘conflict’ timber faces trade ban
According to a press statement issued today by Greenpeace, t...

EU - The Euro rallies as dollar softens
Yesterday saw the Euro reach new four year highs against the...

Brazil - Exports rise following devaluation.
In the first quarter of 2003, Brazilian tropical sawnwood ex...

UK - Target Public Relations has been appointed to manage the media relations activity for Jewson and Graham
Target Public Relations has been appointed to manage the med...

Canada - Forest Products Association of Canada reports across the boatd increases in Lumber & Panel Shipments
Statistics reported in the 2002 of the FPAC showed total lum...

Finland - New head & Senior VP for Stora Enso Timber
Peter Kickinger, 38, has been appointed Executive Vice Pr...

Ghana - A new CD-ROM database of tropical lesser-used timbers from ITTO
The ITTO has produced a new CD-ROM database of tropical less...

UK - First Parish Council to be FSC Certified
Wickersley Parish Council in South Yorkshire has now joined ...

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