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EUROMETAL and The American Metals Supply Chain Institute have worked together to organize an online webinar covering the current state of Steel Trading.
Throughout the meeting, attendees can expect to hear from a number of speakers regarding trade agreements, safeguards, and more in relation to EU/US steel trading.
This Steel Trade Webinar will take place on Thursday, the 24th of February, 2022 at 4:30 PM (Brussels Time).
To read more, or to sign up – please click HERE.
The importance of strong business intelligence and useful metrics has become increasingly evident. If utilised well, data visualisation can bring great success to your business. The difficulty lies in finding out how to report the data in a way that everyone will be able to understand it.
Lucky for us, our partners at Phocas Software have integrated their business intelligence programme with iMetal to analyse, visualise, and report your company’s data so you don’t have to!
Phocas makes software for data and financial analytics, specifically for the distribution and manufacturing industries. Of course Phocas and iMetal are a natural fit and together they can provide high-quality reports and data that are perfect for steel service centres. iMetal customers can use Phocas to easily access the data they need, track their performance, view financial statements, build budgets, use forecasts, and ultimately save time.
“Finance and operations spend over 50% of their time gathering data from spreadsheets, ERP systems or third-party systems.” – McKinsey Company
Don’t waste your time debating on the best way to report your data. Let Phocas and iMetal give you the data you need so all you need to do is act on it.
Contact the JMS Sales team for more information on how the Phocas BI and iMetal integration can help you.
The United States has recently made the decision to lift Trump era steel tariffs against the EU (active on 1 January), but hesitates to do the same for the UK. The refusal to lift the tariffs has been reported as a result of Article 16 relating to Brexit and Northern Ireland’s tricky trade situation.
In an attempt to work out a deal, International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan traveled to the US to meet with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. Unfortunately, it seems that the conversation didn’t get very far and no deal has been made yet.
During her visit to the US, Ms. Trevelyan warned that if the nations were unable to find a resolve, the UK would have to consider countervailing tariffs on US products such as cosmetics, whiskey, electric motors, and lobsters.
The steel tariffs in question were passed in 2018 when the UK was still a member of the EU and they are quite steep – 25% on steel exports, and 10% on aluminium.
It is unlikely that there will be any resolution before the new year, as the US wishes to further discuss the situation with it’s larger trade partner, the EU.
For the full story and updates, visit BBC.com
Nathan Sigsworth was recruited into the JMS Team on October 18th. As a new software support analyst, he is excited to assist our growing iMetal user base with their training and implementation needs.
Prior to joining Jonas Metals, Nathan had experience in the exotic metals industry. He is very excited to be able to continue to work in the metals industry, but now on the technical side of things.
Nathan comes to us from the aerospace metals industry and has vast experience working with exotic metals and composites. We are well pleased to welcome yet another employee with experience in the metals industry to our team.
Nathan enjoys playing the piano, reading, working on cars and eating spicy foods (the spicier the better he says). To our clients – if Nathan helps you with support, maybe consider sending him some hot sauce.
Kayhan Karayel joined the Jonas Metals team on December 1st as a Product Manager. In his role, Kayhan will be responsible for creating strategic roadmaps for existing products, planning for new products and representing the voice of the customer to the organisation.
A well rounded and bright individual, Kayhan received a BSc in Physics from Middle East Technical University in Turkey, and a MBA from Queen’s University of Belfast. Prior to joining the Jonas Metals team, Kayhan gained an abundance of experience in product management, technical consulting, business solutions consulting, ERP Project management, programme management, and professional services. Kayhan’s experience in these roles spans over a number of sectors including insurance, finance and invaluable experience in the metals ERP software market through Epicor.
Kayhan has lived in Turkey, Northern Ireland, and England throughout his life, but has worked on ERP implementations and other software projects in the United States, Russia, Turkey, Germany, Austria, and Greece. In case it wasn’t evident, Kayhan is a bit of a globe-trotter and loves to spend his time visiting new places to learn about their culture, enjoy their local cuisine, and experience their history.
In the world of sports, Kayhan enjoys basketball and football. In the UK, he supports Liverpool and in Turkey, Fenerbahce. He is also an avid Argentine Tango dancer, and we look forward to asking him to teach the JMS team how to tango!
Simon Pickering also joined our Jonas Metals team on December 1st as an Analyst Designer. As a member of the JMS team, Simon will take care of our Statement of Requirements and also create design documents for our development team.
Before he worked for JMS, Simon gained experience at Epicor in professional services consulting and client services project management. He’s also gained experience in group business analysis, IT management, supply chain management, operations management, and purchasing management. Simon is a very versatile individual, and he will bring great experience and knowledge to the team.
Simon has been married to his wife for 20 years, and has two children. He also has a British Bulldog and 6 Pedigree Chickens! He enjoys DIY projects, attending concerts (when COVID permits), and meeting with friends. He is a football fan, and supports Aston Villa although he admits it’s a painful team to support at times.
We are elated to welcome this fine group to the JMS team and we can’t wait to see what they have in store for our business. Please join us in giving them a bright and warm welcome to Jonas Metals Software!
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