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Solutions and Certifications for Supply Chain Security
IMS Worldwide Security
Consulting Group (IMSW Security), a division of IMS Worldwide,
Inc. is a consulting group with more than 25 years experience,
140 Customs-related projects completed and a superior standing
with U.S. Customs and the international trade industry. Our focus
in supply chain security is to provide an integrated solution
that blends the demands of automated trade processing with the
reality of current security challenges. The goal is to continue
to assure high velocity within the secure supply chains.
Within this space,
we provide a complete audit on all aspects of supply chain events
with a specific expertise on preventing loss and shrinkage of
products flowing to and from Mexico. Our Security Audits
challenge all supply chain elements. We link visibility of
products and stakeholder security concerns to partners, vendors
and service providers managing documents and product in air, LTL
or truckload volumes. Our audit process couples low risk importer
requirements and voluntary compliance with the best industry
practices for reducing loss, shrinkage and damage within a global
or regional supply chain.
IMSW Security will
audit the entire supply chain and its security systems for
compliance to current requirements and the best industry
practices. We will provide written recommendations where gaps are
identified or threats exist for loss. IMSW Security may also
recommend new technology for managing a more secure supply chain,
facility security improvements and personnel security elements,
where emerging or current technology could result in loss or
damage prevention.
Our consultants will
focus on delivering a complete solution with end-to-end
recommendations for reducing or eliminating loss and potential
damage. From dock to dock and along the entire process from
origin(s) to destination(s), IMSW Security applies more than 25
years of trade and transportation experience in regional,
national and global trade. In addition, IMSW Security will assist
in creating a culture of security and safety in your supply chain
and throughout your partner's or logistic provider's systems. By
holding your partners and service providers to the same standards
as your internal staff, you create an environment where security
is part of management's review and focus. Once completed, the
requirements for C-TPAT are in place for the execution of your
Memo of Understanding (MOU) with Customs, and designation as a
Low Risk Importer or Service Provider is in motion.
IMSW Security will
produce a comprehensive report with realistic recommendations; we
start with a complete investigation of your current internal
practices, test them with our own 130 point security audit
and appraise their effectiveness in preventing a loss in-transit.
Highlights of the audit include:
- Review all
aspects of provider's, partner's and vendor's role in the
supply chain for stakeholder. Plant tours, physical inventory
control procedures, physical control reviews, training and
audits of current procedures against viewed practices.
- Shipping and
receiving review, visitor, vendor and plant access control as
well as documentation for transfer of goods and relevant
documentation. Purchasing practices drive receiving, manifest
practices drive shipping. We will review all these along with a
review of advance shipping notices (ASN) and reconciliation
practices. This includes a review of redundancies and fail-safe
practices, high value material handling and segregation
procedures.
- Overview of
appropriate technology for receiving and shipping
reconciliation, seal verification and control, driver routing,
driver reporting and driver change notice practices. Review of
scanning, order picking and allocation procedures in automated
loading and put-away environment.
- Border crossing
events review, seal management and reporting practices between
partners, driver, import or export handling and security under
intensive inspection practices at entry or export. Reporting
practices for driver, driver identification, trailer and
manifest creation and reporting, seal and seal control
procedures at both origins and destinations.
- Review of threat
identification practices and awareness, route selection; escort
selection and security enhancements for increased trailer and
cargo security.
- Audit daily,
weekly and monthly internal practices, employee screening and
termination practices, corrective action program and management
involvement.
- Review partners
and agent's practices assuring compliance to written
guidelines, clear understanding based on procedures and
management involvement to demonstrate priority.
- Review of
technology for routing and visibility of cargo in-transit,
trailer status in-transit and auto-notify capability by driver
or page if trailer or power unit is compromised. Escort or
authority notice procedures to assure a timely response and
complete follow-through to arrest and prosecution.
- Review carriers
insurance and documentation to leverage coverage and reduce
liability.
 The
IMSW Security consulting group has extensive experience in
managing transportation and distribution in South Texas and
Northern Mexico. This experience includes air, ground (truck load
and less than truck load) in the forwarder and integrated carrier
systems. Our experience includes managing aspects of supply chain
events for global producers in the automotive, electronics,
consumer goods and aerospace sectors. In addition, we have
experience in the implementation and execution of quality systems
with internal and external audit demands within strict quality
programs. This provides a basis for challenging viewed practice
against management systems.
IMSW Security has
experience in the set-up and operations of Third-Party Logistics
and Foreign Trade Zone programs with a focus on managing the
distribution of valuable consumer goods from Mexico throughout
the United States. Utilizing the best of breed technology for
material and inventory handling, we know how to look at
receiving, picking, packing and shipping products in that
industrial space. We have also provided guidelines for real-world
solutions after a loss of product has occurred in transit. Our
president, Mr. Curtis Spencer is a key member of both Customs and
DOT Border Security Committees; COAC Technology Task Force and
DOT's Container Working Group-Best Practices Committee.
Loss prevention,
secure trade and supply chain process improvement is one of our
core competencies.
Please
contact us
to engage an audit or to discuss the scope and scale of your
compliance. |
