uestion:We have a subsidiary in the United Kingdom that was relying on our UK based freight forwarder to do their logistics and Customs classification (based on the HTS we provide on the invoices) and consequently, filing the entry on behalf of our European office. I am concerned with this type of structure, since we are […]
Question:Would anyone in the membership be able to provide feedback for what they look for when hiring a compliance position in Mexico? Is it unreasonable to expect a candidate to have knowledge with areas such as Mexico import law and regulations, NAFTA, HTS classification,and recordkeeping? For the candidates I’ve interviewed none have this experience. They […]
QUESTION: Do any members have presentations they’re willing to share which Trade Compliance to their company? We need slides quickly that speak to the benefits/ROI of a properly staffed & resourced Trade Compliance organization. Maybe more importantly, we need any slides folks may have re why Trade Compliance cannot report to Operations or Logistics. Thank […]
Question: We have a senior leader who wants to outsource all trade data management. He doesn’t want anyone within our company to have any access to that trade data and only wants the third party consulting company to have access. This does not seem right to me, as at the end of the day, my […]
Question: We are in the process of developing a job description for a new positionwithin our compliance organization. The position would be primarilyresponsible for classifying product in the US, confirming globalclassification with counterparts in Asia/Europe/etc., auditing existingproduct classifications, maintaining this information in SAP/GTS, formalizingprocedures & process flows, etc. Would anyone be willing to share a […]
Question: I need job descriptions for two positions. One is data entry clerk and theother is for customs supervisor clerk. They are related for an in-hosebrokerage proposal. Does anybody have a job description that are willing to share?
Question: I am in the process of working to organize some of the scattered functions within our company into one department. Would anyone in the membership have a list of tasks or functions handled within your trade compliance department that you would be willing to share?
Question: Would anyone be willing to share how they describe to upper management thebenefits of obtaining and having a Customs Broker’s License?
Question: Could the membership please offer some generic information about your regulatory & compliance structures? In particular I am looking more for functions that your export compliance group handles as well as what departments handle other regulations in the company. The reason for this question is that our export compliance department is growing and adding […]
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 […]
