In reference to the C-TPAT security criteria announced on 3/25/05, CBP stated the following: Shipping & Receiving Arriving cargo should be reconciled against information on the cargo manifest. The cargo should be accurately described, and the weights, labels, marks and piece count indicated and verified….. Regarding the issue of verifying cargo weight, what are C-TPAT […]
Our C-TPAT program is managed by compliance. Unfortunately, there is only one person in our so called compliance department and that is me. Senior management refuses to assign or hire permanent support staff for me. Please ask the membership if C-TPAT is under their compliance department, how are they staffed to maintain all compliance and […]
Would any validated C-TPAT members be willing to share their C-TPAT training for importers and/or Mexican Manufacturers or give some pointers as to what Customs validated as acceptable?
How do C-TPAT members ensure that their facilities are carrying this out 100% and are they using any method to verify this such as a logbook of all deliveries with a notation that the driver was identified? In other words, how is compliance documented, or is it documented at all? What about drivers that show […]
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 […]
