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?
Question: I work for a company that has many divisions and we are looking to raise the awareness of compliance at an overall level and not just division, by division. Can anyone offer assistance on their experiences? How did you market trade compliance? How did you show it’s value? What […]
Question: Our trade compliance department is currently located in Manufacturing. Management, which does provide us strong support, is thinking of moving us under Purchasing, specifically under the Supply Chain Operations Manager. I’m trying to figure out whether I should argue against this move or not. At the end of the day all I want […]
Question: I am looking to benchmark our practices against others. As we review and update our Corporate Customs Compliance Policy I would like to know: Who reviews, sets and signs the policy at other companies. Do you have stakeholders review and sign? Do you post in on the company intranet?
I am interested in learning from the membership for those who work for US companies with foreign subsidiaries how their compliance function is structured. Do you have a Corporate Export Compliance group who controls the compliance function in the foreign subs, etc? What do the reporting relationships look like and what are the responsibilities of […]
