Question:Recently, I attempted to schedule my annual executive briefing with our corporate leadership. I was told that since we now have on line mandatory compliance awareness training (that is the 75K foot level) we don’t need to have our annual “chat” and that them taking the on line training will suffice for the corporate audit. […]
Question:Does anyone in the community have a good deck of slides pertaining to a trade management roadmap for a multi billion dollar company. This would include both import and export. I have been tasked with showing the current state , targeting the high penalty areas, and showing how we are going to get to a […]
Question:I recently found out that there is a certain Fortune 100 company(importer/exporter/manufacturer) that has an unwritten policy the prohibitsthe hiring of a licensed customs broker (LCB) to lead or be part of theircustoms compliance company program (Staff: 7 Import, 10 Export, all incompliance (none are licensed)). My take is that if the LCB sees anincident […]
Question: I know that this question has been asked in various ways in the past butI’m looking for something a little more specific. I have been tasked by ourLegal Department with providing senior management with examples of theorganizational structure of the trade compliance department of the NorthAmerican division of a large Global company. It’s not […]
Question: Fellow ICPAers our U.S. import business by entry value equals about $48million annual. I am the one and only Compliance person tasked with HT coding, checking for AD/CV, review of all products, review of all entries, etc. the whole package. I am given less and less time to do these duties and the […]
Question: Our company is planning on making some changes to our customer service department. I suggested that the export group be pulled out of customer service and report to the trade compliance manager. These people would then become import / export coordinators or specialists. They currently only process exports and the compliance manager (myself) processes […]
Question: Does anyone have a list of up-to-date export/import compliance relatedacronyms/definitions?
Question: In your companies, what role does the Global Compliance Manager play ascompared to the US Import Compliance/Operations Team? Who handles FocusedAssessments? Does the Global Compliance manager assist with research intotough issues or questions about classification, valuation, etc? If yourcurrent arrangement isn’t ideal, what do you see as optimum?
Question:Is anyone measuring trade compliance department progress via dashboard(s)? We’re now part of supply chain and being asked to measure/report weekly department progress for our VP via a dashboard. I understand the concept but am having a hard time wrapping my mind around exactly how we can distill what we do into a dashboard. […]
Question: I am a licensed customs broker with 22 years experience, starting mycareer working with customs broker/freight forwarders. I have been with my current company for 9 years, which is an importer of apparel and footwear. My title is Customs Compliance Mgr. I am the manager of none, but myself. We have grown tremendously with […]
Question:I nned to give a compliance update to my CEO and his executive team. I’d like to make it both informative AND interesting. What should I include in the 10 minutes that I am alloted that will leave them understanding that we are being compliant?
Question: Has anyone established an objective measurement that your company has agreed to, providing a basis to staff the trade compliance organization in non-managerial positions?
