C-TPAT

Are you selling C-TPAT to your sr. management as an insurance policy? Legal? Other? Is anyone willing to share their bullets or slides?

Can any of the members advise by what percentage their customs examinations have been reduced due to participation in the C-TPAT program? Have they been reduced at all and/or have they seen a decrease in the turnaround time for consumption entries?

Does anyone know how many airlines (that transport cargo) are C-TPAT participants? Do you have a list? If not, which are some of these airlines?

I would like comments on what our company currently has in place for C-TPAT Security & Awareness program. Eventually, we would like to have some type of training to include on our company’s’ learning portal, but I’m concerned about the time constraints in getting it implemented. What we currently have is the following: Site training […]

Does anyone offer incentives for employees’ participation in threat and security awareness training as suggested in the C-TPAT guidelines? If so, would anyone like to share any of their incentives which have been implemented?

We have a great C-TPAT program in place. For product we import, we physically audit all private label factories and require self assessments to be completed on vendors whose product we purchase but are large brands. For the large brands, we ask for proof of improvements signed by company executives. We’re now being asked to […]

I intend to include a question in our Commercial Supplier Qualification questionnair to determine whether said supplier will need to complete our internal C-TPAT questionnaire. It currently says, “Are any of the products that your company will supply to [our company] manufactured outside of the US.” (If a supplier answers “Yes,” then they must fill […]

Next week I am involved in a meeting focusing on how our company will “shape” our security plan for the future at our facility in the U.S. We have not yet applied for C-TPAT, and want to move that direction. Can anyone advise what they have in place for facility security that has passed the […]

PART TWO Would anyone be willing to “share” some examples of the C-TPAT Supplier Assessment questionnaire they have created for use with their foreign suppliers/vendors/manufacturer’s?? I realize that there may be a confidentiality issue, however, if someone would be willing to share the format they use and types of information they are asking for it […]

PART THREE Would anyone be willing to “share” some examples of the C-TPAT Supplier Assessment questionnaire they have created for use with their foreign suppliers/vendors/manufacturer’s?? I realize that there may be a confidentiality issue, however, if someone would be willing to share the format they use and types of information they are asking for it […]

I intend to include a question in our Commercial Supplier Qualification questionnair to determine whether said supplier will need to complete our internal C-TPAT questionnaire. It currently says, “Are any of the products that your company will supply to [our company] manufactured outside of the US.” (If a supplier answers “Yes,” then they must fill […]

Do any of the members have visibility to internal C-TPAT implementations delaying the initiation of a Focused Assessment ? Meaning that Customs would let the importer complete their efforts for C-TPAT before scheduling an opening conference and beginning the F/A process. Thanks.