C-TPAT

Question: ooking for helpful ideas on how to get upper Management to buy into the C-TPAT Program guide lines and to support change. *************

  Question: Has anyone referenced CTPAT compliance within their foreign vendor contracts? If so, would you be willing to share what you have referenced or some helpful hints?  

  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, […]