Question: I am currently debating our identification policy for employees who visit other company offices and I wanted to see what other C-TPAT members are doing. Our Security team believes that it is sufficient for the visiting employee to sign in and show ID, but that they do not have to wear a visitor badge. […]
Question: We are a C-TPAT company and we manufacture controlled products. Our policy is to screen all visitors who enter our facility. My company is planning to invite families and friends to an open house this Spring. If we secure all controlled products and do not allow access to this area during the open house […]
Question: I think there may be a debate on this at the next conference (or maybe I missed it at the fall conference), but I genuinely want to hear from the membership on the pros and cons of C-TPAT. At my former employer, I was one of the first members of C-TPAT, as it was […]
Question: We are looking to update our standard purchase order terms and conditions that carriers, service providers, i.e., freight forwarders, import brokers, must be C-TPAT certified. Can anyone share contract language that has been successfully implemented to garner support from the community? ************ ANSWER: See attached.Sample PO Terms & Conditions C-TPAT Statement They need to […]
Question: We are looking to update our standard purchase order terms and conditions that carriers, service providers, i.e., freight forwarders, import brokers, must be C-TPAT certified. Can anyone share contract language that has been successfully implemented to garner support from the community? ************ ANSWER: Attached Sample PO Terms & Conditions C-TPAT Statement. They need to meet […]
Question: I think there may be a debate on this at the next conference (or maybe I missed it at the fall conference), but I genuinely want to hear from the membership on the pros and cons of C-TPAT. At my former employer, I was one of the first members of C-TPAT, as it was […]
Question: Our company uses a domestic warehouse run by a national 3PL. The specific location we use receives and distributes both domestic and international freight. We are their only customer in this warehouse location who ships or receives international freight. The 3PL is C-TPAT certified. However, for our company, the 3PL only receives and ships […]
Question: I would like to know if anyone in the membership has experienced the same scenario. Last November we were contacted by CBP and told they wanted to audit vendor A in China for C-TPAT. We provided CBP with the name and contact information of the vendor. CBP said they would provide the information to […]
Question: We are C-TPAT and we are looking at our audit plan for 2015. I have been asked to answer: How often should we do on-site audits for internal manufacturing sites? How often should we do on-site audits for third-party warehouses? We have about 25 plants. It is my opinion that they should all be […]
Question: For C-TPAT, does the “Company Officer” need to be an actual officer of the company with signing authority? CBP’s definition just states that it should be a “person who holds an office of authority, and acts in an official capacity on behalf of a company.” The person we have listed currently is a director […]
Question: We have a maquiladora in MX that is ready to be certified for C-TPAT. My question is even though they are our maquiladora, they are under a shelter company in MX and not their own entity. When applying for C-TPAT I’m assuming that we still apply with our company name and not the shelter […]
Question: I am pulling together our 5 Step Risk Assessment Process. Does anyone have a sample Risk Assessment Action Plan that they would be willing to share or does anyone have any words of wisdom as to how to approach this section of the Risk Assessment? ********** Answers: It’s a process that you just have […]
