C-TPAT

Questions and answers about C-TPAT

  • C-TPAT PHOTO ID’S

    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” […]

  • Seals

    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.

  • IMPORTER CHANGES IN CTPAT

    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 […]

  • C-TPAT Re-validation

    Large company obtained tier 3 C-TPAT status and uses e-mail questionnaire to obtain information regarding security practices of its largest suppliers overseas. Most suppliers do not respond to questionnaires after repeated requests. Large company has security language on every purchase order, however, will not stop doing business with suppliers who do not abide or do […]

  • Carriers and CTPAT

    Question:Can trucking companies apply for C-TPAT certification if they don’t transport to/from Canada or Mexico but handle import cargo from/to U.S. ports domestically?

  • Anomaly Imports and C-TPAT Compliance

    I work for a company that has multiple business units and functions which import goods from 80+ foreign countries. We’re trying to make strides to get the majority of our supply chains mapped out in order to assess our supply chain security environments. Many of our imports come from customers returning parts for repair. These […]

  • Seals

    Question: Related to the impending seal regulations to take effect 15 October, 2008, that requires all inbound containers to be sealed with a seal meeting ISO/PAS 17712 standards, as a CTPAT member, our organization was planning to have our warehouses conduct surveys on inbound container seals for a short period of time. Does the membership […]

  • Driver Identity

    Question:Under “Shipping + Receiving” minimum security criteria, C-TPAT requiresthat drivers must be “positively identified”.As a balance between being a compliant C-TPAT importer and theprivacy/identity theft concerns of our carriers’ drivers, we implementeda policy where we look at the driver’s CDL and copy down their name, CDL#,and carrier name (but no SS#, date of birth,  or […]

  • C-TPAT Q&A 1

    Does any member have verbiage pertaining to C-TPAT requirements in their vendor agreements? How is it worded? Will any member be willing to share a copy of the agreement with me?

  • C-TPAT Q&A 3

    We are diligently moving forward on our C-TPAT Program and would like to obtain a procedure for checking seals, etc. to which we can benchmark against. If anyone is willing to share their procedure, it would be appreciated.