C-TPAT

Question:   What are ICPA members doing to verify the nationality of visitors for CTPAT and deemed export concerns? Are you asking visitors to provide a copy of their passports?

Question: Our company currently uses a software solution that handles all of our supplier survey’s for C-TPAT. Are there other members utilizing such software?  We have seen only a small amount of responses from our survey’s, which really poses the question if the software is needed?  Can other members elaborate on their experiences with such […]

Question:   I’d like to ask the Membership what policies or practices they have established for those Vendors who score a “Critical Risk” in the C-TPAT factory assessment or from scoring of a factory questionnaire.  Have they sought and received authority from Sr Leadership to not place PO‘s with vendors/factories who do not pass a […]

Question:   I’d like to ask the Membership how they handle seal disposal for C-TPAT at the DCs.  My company is updating our portal submission and wanted to address this aspect of C-TPAT.  Would appreciate hearing from the esteemed membership.  

Question:what is the similarity between TAPA  EMEA& C-TPAT ?

Question: Are companies asking their receptionist to use their DPL screening software to check all visitors to their locations for both Export controls and/or C- TPAT? (showing due diligence)

Question: Are companies asking their receptionist to use their DPL screening software to check all visitors to their locations for both Export controls and/or C- TPAT? (showing due diligence)

Question:  We are having a difficult time getting effective C-TPAT content imbedded into our company’s supplier contract language due to resistance by our supplier management contracts personnel.  Is anyone willing to share how you were able to get the language into your supplier contracts and what your language says?

Question: I wonder if C-TPAT importers have seen an increase in the number of CET exams on the West Coast ports over the past few weeks. We file the ISF for all shipments; all of our ocean shipments are from related companies, still our containers are being pulled out for x-ray. Does anybody know what […]

Not an earth shaking question – but hopefully someone knows so we can put out a fire here. Is there a rule / standard for how often the photo’s on the picture ID badges have to be updated? We had an internal C-TPAT audit today and an employee was written up for having “someone else’s” […]

Question:Does anyone have a best practice for controlling your seals? Do you log in?  we have them registered on our BOL’s and the sign out sheet for each truck but not a separate form for just seal control.

My site, which is a distribution center, is C-TPAT certified and validated. Corporate is proposing that all items purchased by other sites (manufacturers) for resale be routed through our distribution center. My question is – with different IOR’s within the company – can we add this to our registration? I understand that any new suppliers […]