The customer faced challenges in adhering to diverse regulatory compliance standards across its global sites. This included varying Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) classifications, countries of origin for products, and managing multiple Power of Attorney (POA) arrangements without centralized controls. This lack of unified regulatory trade structure left the customer vulnerable to regulatory risks.

Knowing these challenges, JAS helped the customer develop a comprehensive solution to standardize compliance practices, assess regulatory risks, and centralize control across all sites.

The customer significantly improved its trade compliance practices and regulatory risk management. By centralizing control and implementing standardized processes, the customer streamlined operations across all sites in North and South America. Key elements of the solution included:

• Site Audit & Risk Assessment: Conducted site audits to evaluate current practices, identify regulatory gaps, and assess risk exposure across all locations.
• Centralized Compliance Governance: Established a unified structure centralize control and enable consistent oversight and accountability
• Customized Trade Compliance Manual: Developed a company specific compliance manual to define standardized processes for HTS classification, country-of-origin management, POA oversight, and regulatory risk assessment.
• Standard Operating Procedures: Established actionable SOPs to ensure consistent execution.