We are a retailer importing a lot from Asia. Our company is planning on participating in C-TPAT, but our Sr. officier is concerned about some country of origin issues that our company has and she indicated that we need to fix internally before doing C-TPAT to lminmize the risk. Do you think the COO issue […]
Has anyone been through the process of requesting a Tier 3 Status review for C-TPAT? We feel that we have plenty of Best Practices in place, however, we do not want to open ourselves up for another validation. Does anyone know if CBP officials simply review the validation report that was issued and inquire into […]
Would anyone be willing to share the criteria they use for reporting container breeches to US Customs as per the following CTPAT Importer requirement? Cargo Discrepancies All shortages, overages, and other significant discrepancies or anomalies must be resolved and/or investigated appropriately. Customs and/or other appropriate law enforcement agencies must be notified if illegal or suspicious […]
Does anyone have a template or form that they use (and are willing to share) for their warehouse receiving folks to complete that will satisfy the CTPAT requirements?
How are other enforcing of checking ID’s of visitors, contractors, and truck drivers? I am getting static, especially shipping and receiving saying they can’t be bothered by continually asking for ID’s especially when it’s the same driver that comes in daily. Same with our receptionist, she is not comfortable with asking every visitor, especially salespeople/contractors […]
Recently we had our C-TPAT validation in our Mexico plants and CBP had two issues. 1) Pre-employment verifications or Background Checks 2) Drug Screening I am being told that both of these are against the law in Mexico and can not be done but CBP is requesting that we these and take appropriate action. Can […]
Question: I am working to develop a threat awareness program for all employees. For the “general awareness” training I am looking for something that teaches employees how to recognize and foster awareness of the threat posed by terrorists at each point of the supply chain. I would like an additional training for employees in shipping […]
Does anyone in the membership have a template for sending an organization-wide email on C-TPAT and Customs compliance? We want to convey to the organization that we take each very seriously. Thanks.
Does anyone in the membership have a template or form that they use and are willing to share for yearly follow up with vendors verifying C-TPAT processes and status?
Will any of you be willing to share a standard, short CTPAT statement that is incorporated as part of our PO requirements, like we do with our Country of Origin Marking Requirements, etc.? Something to the effect that with this PO you are agreeing to implement the US CTPAT supply chain security procedures as posted […]
What have other members done to get CTPAT Foreign Supplier Surveys back? We are struggling to get responses, as most don’t understand how critical this is to the Validation process. Any thoughts? Thank you.
Can members share their experiences of visits by US Customs to foreign suppliers pertaining to CTPAT? Our Company was selected for a re-validation and this time around they want to visit three suppliers in Thailand. Does anyone have an agenda that was used for their visit? What type of records are reviewed?
