AVATAR PARTNERS AND TRADECARD ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE TO OPTIMIZE SUPPLY CHAIN AND WORKING CAPITAL

Supply Chain Services Enhance Sourcing, Logistics and Supply Chain Finance to Improve Margins, Cash Flow and Visibility

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, Nov. 10, 2008 - Avatar Partners www.avatarpartners.com, a leader in integrated, best-in-class supply chain and financial software, and TradeCard (www.tradecard.com), the leading supply chain collaboration platform, have announced a partnership to offer a complete suite of services to enable cost-effective sourcing, logistics and supply chain finance through superior visibility, document management and workflow.

Avatar Partners will provide full support of the TradeCard Platform, which helps retailers and brands source smarter through a rapidly deployed network that connects and enables the extended supply chain. TradeCard's services and global trading partners are delivered on a software-as-a-service platform that links buyers, suppliers and service providers. Click here to sign up for a free supply chain health checkup and opportunity assessment from Avatar and TradeCard.

"Avatar Partners' extensive experience in the retail and apparel supply chain complements our collaborative platform and helps us deliver rapid return on investment for customers," said Guy Rey-Herme, president of TradeCard. "Avatar's supply chain operations and systems integration proficiency is a key addition to our network's growing portfolio of services and strategic alliances that bring value to our members."

TradeCard helps members manage the complexity and interdependency of global sourcing by collaborating in real-time with their supply network. TradeCard standardizes and automates extra-enterprise processes by allowing all parties to a transaction to collaborate using a single instance of electronic documents. Processes from purchase order through settlement are automated on TradeCard to reduce administrative overhead, improve collaboration and reduce errors. Financial services delivered into the supply network improve margins and cash flow.

DOWNLOADABLE AUDIO

TradeCard and Avatar Partners are providing license free audio for inclusion in podcasts and radio programs whose subjects are the finance industry, business or technology.

If your media outlet would like to include an interview with TradeCard's VP of Business Development, Esther Lutz or Avatar Partner's President Marlo Brooke please feel free to download the audio files below.

Supply Chain And Cash Flow Audio Podcast

Esther Lutz

Understanding not just the cash flow of your own company but the cash flow of your suppliers
EstherLutz - Cash Flow Of You And Suppliers - 00:34

Collaborating on the chargeback process
EstherLutz_-_Collarborative_Chargeback_Process -00:35

Having an exception based platform adds efficiency
EstherLutz__Exception_Based_Program_Adds_Efficiency - 00:45

Extending days payment so that your company can hold on to your money longer
EstherLutz-_Holding_On_To_Your_Money_Longer - 00:17

Offering financial services to get over cash flow bottlenecks and other challenges
EstherLutz_-_Financial_Services_Free_Up_Cash - 00:31

Improving cash flow on both sides
EstherLutz_-_Getting_Financial_Services_In_The_Mix_Of_Cash_Flow - 00:41

Shaving the supply chain to preserve margin
EstherLutz_-_Shave_Supply_Chain_To_Preserve_Margin - 01:15

Marlo Brooke

Explaining the Supply Chain And Cash Flow Health Check Up
MarloBrooke_-_What_Is_Health_Check_Up - 01:04M

Defining the return on investment implementing efficiencies can offer
MarloBrooke_-_Deliverables_Of_The_Assessment1 - 00:25

Using the Health Check Up to find immediate opportunities to maximize cash flow
MarloBrooke_-_Deliverables_Of_The_Assessment2 - 00:32

Looking at Order-To-Cash and Purchase-To-Pay
MarloBrooke_-_Look_At_Order_To_Cash_And_Purchase_To_Pay - 00:23

Optimizing cash in a tight credit market
MarloBrooke_-_Optimizing_Cash_Elaboration - 00:21

Optimizing cash - example 1
MarloBrooke_-_Optimizing_Cash_Example1 - 00:16

Optimizing cash -example 2
MarloBrooke_-_Optimizing_Cash_Example2 - 00:22

Speeding up payment processes
MarloBrooke_-_Speed_Up_Payment_Process - 00:46

INTRODUCTIONS

MarloBrooke_-_Hello 00:01
MarloBrooke_-_Hi 00:01
MarloBrooke_-_How_Are_You - 00:01
MarloBrooke_-_Im_Fine_Thanks - 00:01
MarloBrooke_-_Thank_You_Thats_A_Good_Question
EstherLutz_-_Hello 00:01
EstherLutz_-_Hi 00:01
EstherLutz_-_How_Are_You - 00:01
EstherLutz_-_Im_Fine_Thanks - 00:01

CONCLUSIONS

MarloBrooke_-_Im_glad_your_show_is_discussing_this_issue - 00:03
MarloBrooke_-_Its_Been_A_Pleasure - 00:01
MarloBrooke_-_Thanks_For_Having_Me_On - 00:01
MarloBrooke_-_Thanks - 00:01
EstherLutz_-_Im_glad_your_show_is_discussing_this_issue - 00:03
EstherLutz_-_Its_Been_A_Pleasure - 00:01
EstherLutz _-_Thanks_For_Having_Me_On - 00:01
EstherLutz _-_Thanks - 00:01

About Avatar Partners
Avatar Partners www.avatarpartners.com is a certified TradeCard implementation partner. With over 80% of its customers in the Fortune 500, Avatar Partners enables companies to increase sales, maximize cash, and increase profits through best in class supply chain and financial software solutions. Avatar Partners helps companies assess their needs and maximize their software investments, while at the same time minimizing the cost and risk of implementation.

About TradeCard
TradeCard, Inc. is the leading provider of on-demand supply chain management solutions. The TradeCard Platform synchronizes financial transactions with physical events in the global supply chain to help customers automate trade transactions from purchase order to payment and chargebacks. Buyers, sellers and their trading partners manage transactions through a web-based platform with online financial services integrated into the workflow. This turnkey transaction management enables customers to improve margins and enhance growth, with extra-organizational supply chain visibility. TradeCard's on-the-ground trade experts throughout the world assure superior supply chain agility.

TradeCard manages global trade for thousands of users in over 40 countries, including Columbia Sportswear, Rite Aid and Wolverine Worldwide. TradeCard Inc. is headquartered in New York City and has offices in San Francisco, Hong Kong, Brussels, Taipei, Seoul, Colombo, and Shenzhen. TradeCard is located online at www.tradecard.com.