Good afternoon! I know that this may be hard to believe but the company I work for has finally agreed to enroll in C-TPAT. I wanted to see if I could get some feedback from other members who have already gone through this process as it is new for me as well.
Question: Are any of the members willing to share a document they use to conduct an actual factory C-TPAT inspection and validation? I am not looking for a C-TPAT security questionnaire. I am looking for a document that is used when you visit a factory to validate what is stated in the Questionnaire.
Question: How are other members handling verification of vendors in China? We have responses that seem positive as far a procedures in place. Would our China office do on site inspections? Will Customs accept? ===========
QUESTION: Does anyone in the membership have a work process/guideline for checking in visitors? We are a small manufacturing firm just putting a Trade Compliance Program in place and are looking for something easily understood how to execute by several different colleagues that may man the reception desk […]
Question: For the members who participate in C-TPAT, what is your process for amending entries with U.S. Customs found to be discrepant? Discrepant meaning overages or shortages were found upon unload of the shipment. Duties may be owed, or may have been overpaid to U.S. Customs. Is there a threshold on what needs […]
QUESTION: Having trouble validating C-TPAT membership. We are in the food (perishable) industry. We are having trouble addressing the value that C- TPAT membership brings, other than the obvious intangible asset of the membership. Does anyone have a readymade document with C-TPAT selling points? Remember, perishables so having trouble selling any notion that […]
Question: For driver’s making deliveries to our US locations, our current policy has been to ask for govt-issued photo ID (aka: their CDL). Our guard does a visual of photo vs driver, then logs the driver name, CDL license#, name of carrier, along with trailer#. FUTURE: All driver CDLs allegedly have a […]
Question: How are other members satisfying the C-TPAT requirement for financial screening of business partners? Do you screen them annually? If so, who are some of third party companies you use to check financial soundness? ************
Question: C-TPAT program requires use of PAS ISO 17712 high security seals. Situation came up with truck shipments from MX supplier to our US location. Seal is physically applied by our vendor and seal # is logged and included on the B/L generated by vendor. Does it matter WHO actually […]
Question: This is a questions to C-TPAT members. We are a large retailer with several distribution centers. We are looking to have permanent, part-time, flex employees to manage peek ship seasons or events. My question relates to access control in the distribution centers. We will perform all the normal hiring background checks; however, […]
Question: This is a questions to C-TPAT members. We are a large retailer with several distribution centers. We are looking to have permanent, part-time, flex employees to manage peek ship seasons or events. My question relates to access control in the distribution centers. We will perform all the normal hiring background checks; however, […]
Question: The seal should never be provided by the carrier or trucker, but by the shipper who should follow your specific procedures and “minimum requirements”. I know many importers who actually supply seals to their shippers and randomly change type, color or even seal manufacturer to ensure the lowest possible fraud possible or […]
