# Amber Road

> Amber Road was a global trade management software company whose cloud platform combined import and export compliance, duty management, logistics, sourcing and shipment visibility with maintained regulatory content. It served 862 customers in 2018 and was acquired by E2open in July 2019. E2open became part of WiseTech Global in August 2025.

- **Founded:** 1990
- **Headquarters:** East Rutherford, United States
- **Founders:** James W. Preuninger (Co-founder and former CEO), John W. Preuninger (Co-founder and former President/COO)
- **Products:** Global Knowledge, Export On-Demand, Import Management, Duty Management, Transportation Management
- **Notable:** Listed on the NYSE as AMBR in March 2014., Served 862 customers in 2018., GE Healthcare reported more than three million screened transactions in a 2013 customer interview.

## Products & services

- **Global Knowledge** — Maintained trade content covering classifications, regulatory controls, restricted parties, duties, taxes and required shipping documents; management reported coverage of more than 170 countries in May 2019.
- **Export On-Demand** — Export compliance automation including restricted party screening, classification, licensing, documentation and forwarder collaboration.
- **Import Management** — Product classification, admissibility review, landed cost calculations, customs entries and post-entry workflows.
- **Duty Management** — Free trade agreement qualification, supplier certificate collection, foreign-trade-zone workflows and China trade management.
- **Transportation Management** — Contract and rate management, carrier selection and booking, and freight invoice management.
- **Supply Chain Visibility and Trading Partner Network** — Order and shipment visibility using connections to suppliers, carriers, forwarders and brokers, with message normalization and data quality checks.
- **Global Sourcing and Production Management** — Supplier collaboration, materials and product management, production tracking, risk and quality workflows; expanded through the ecVision acquisition.
- **China Trade Management** — Specialized workflows for China processing trade, including imported materials, manufacturing and subsequent exports; expanded through EasyCargo.
- **Global Trade Academy and Trade Advisory Practice** — Trade compliance education, webinars and advisory services; Global Trade Academy was acquired in 2015.
- **Multi-country bonded warehousing** — Software for customs-controlled warehouse processes, compliance data and electronic declarations, announced in April 2019.

## Achievements

- Listed on the NYSE as AMBR in March 2014.
- Served 862 customers in 2018.
- GE Healthcare reported more than three million screened transactions in a 2013 customer interview.
- Historical Global Knowledge materials described ISO 9001:2015 certification for the trade content update process.
- E2open completed the acquisition on July 2, 2019.

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — WiseTech Global completed its acquisition of E2open, making it the ultimate parent of the business that acquired Amber Road; the announced enterprise value of E2open was US$2.1 billion.
- **2019-07** — E2open completed its all-cash acquisition; Amber Road became privately held and its shares ceased trading on the NYSE.
- **2019-04** — Amber Road announced multi-country bonded warehousing software.

## Links

- Website: https://www.amberroad.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/amber-road/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/GTMBestPractice
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/GTMBestPractices
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GTMBestPractices/

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Last updated: 2026-10-02