Welcome to TFI

Trade Facilitators, Inc. is a Los Angeles based consultancy that specializes in the field of global supply chain management. With over thirty years of multi-industry experience, TFI combines in-house talent with an international network of over one hundred Subject Matter Experts to design integrated, customer-centric operations that maximize product sales, drive down landed costs, compress cumulative lead times and optimize inventory investment. 

The Trade Facilitators Value Proposition is founded on six core variables: knowledge transfer, relationship capital, process design, enabling technologies, financial outcomes and responsible corporate citizenship. Whether your organization needs to revamp its entire supply chain, is launching an Omni-channel B2B distribution network or you need help negotiating transportation contracts, TFI has the knowledge, empathy and flexibility to craft programs that maximize your ROI.

With over three decades of experience crafting Value Propositions, TFI offers Marketing On Demand services to companies engaged in international commerce. With particular expertise in supporting Global Trade Management software firms and Logistics Service Providers, Trade Facilitators knows how to set its clients apart from the “maddening crowd”.  

Through its “MOD Squad” approach, TFI provides a combination of core services that can be contracted on an individual or bundled basis. Whether you need a single white paper, a webinar series or want to augment inside sales, TFI has the creative chops and market access to help you build brand awareness, generate quality sales leads and ultimately, close new business.

TFI is recognized as the U.S.’s premier developer of both in-person and web based content for training related to cross-border business. In both classroom-style and on-line formats, Trade Facilitators is unmatched in its ability to produce educational sessions that drive corporate culture and enhance workplace performance. 

As a multi-award winning adjunct professor of supply chain management & logistics, TFI co-founder Dan Gardner has lectured on five continents in both English and Spanish at institutions that include Cal State Long Beach, Georgia Tech, the University of Southern California and La Universidad de Los Andes. 

TFI’s on-line production portfolio includes a 60-hour Master Export Specialist program for the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, a 36-hour supply chain certificate for Cal State Long Beach and twelve hours of complementary content available on the Trade Facilitators, Inc. YouTube channel.