Course

AI for Import, Trading and Supply Businesses

Sourcing, quotes, customs paperwork and price lists, in Arabic and English.

IntermediateTrading and supply

0/88 stops · about 2 hours · final quiz · certificate

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Start with

• AI at Work: FoundationsStart from zero and finish with three things you can actually use.

Who this is for

Owners and managers of import, distribution and supply companies, in any market that works in two languages. Every example follows Sherif, who runs a trading and supply company in Egypt, importing from several countries and selling to retailers and businesses.

You will be able to

• Compare supplier offers into one table with the landed cost inputs left for you to fill
• Write requests for quotation and pro forma invoices in both languages from one set of facts
• Build the shipping and customs document checklist per shipment and check the paperwork against it
• Keep the price list current in Arabic and English from one Excel source
• Follow up customers and suppliers in a voice that fits each relationship
• Read the inventory and receivables exports and decide what to order and who to call

Stops

1. 1 Two languages, one truthOne company Project that holds the products, the suppliers, the customers and the terminology in both languages, with the identifiers left outside. Read once
2. 2 Sourcing and comparisonSix offers in six formats turned into one table, with the landed cost columns left empty for you and one question list per supplier. Weekly
3. 3 RFQ and pro formaOne fact block that becomes the request for quotation in English and the pro forma in both languages, with the terms set by you. Daily
4. 4 Shipping and customs paperworkA checklist per shipment type, the pack read against itself for mismatches, and the question that goes to the broker instead of a guess. Weekly
5. 5 The price listOne Excel source becomes the Arabic and English price list, the list of what moved since last month, and the announcement to the shops. Weekly
6. 6 Customer and supplier follow-upWhatsApp and email drafts that fit the relationship, the overdue note that gets paid, and the supplier delay message that gets a date. Daily
7. 7 Inventory and cashThe inventory and receivables exports read together into a reorder table, a call list in order, and a cash line with your own numbers in it. Weekly
8. 8 Sherif's weekThree routines on a timer, Dispatch from the warehouse floor, and one product taken from six offers to a delivered order. Weekly

Final quiz