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 […]
Our company is thinking about restructuring the import/export department. Currently Corporate Import/Export (which reports directly to Corporate Finance) oversees all worldwide customs compliance, in-house brokerage, outside brokers, international freight forwarders, and CTPAT. We also have a newly formed Corporate Supply Chain Group which has been primarily focused on Domestic shipments. The proposal is to transfer […]
I work for a large global company, headquartered in the U.S. Their are two of us, both licensed brokers, at the Corporate office, who make up the Corporate Import Compliance Team. I believe we have a good U.S. import policy and procedures manual for our U.S. Divisions. Now, management wants us to put together a […]
I am a licensed customs broker with 22 years experience, starting my career 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 […]
Does anyone have an organization chart for global import/export compliance that they would be willing to share?
