Global Sourcing Logistics: How to Manage Risk and Gain Competitive Advantage in a Worldwide Marketplace

Automated customs environment (ACE), in import

management, 93

Automated Export System (AES), 285

defined, 216

exporting knowledge required of, 105–107

Automated Manifest System (AMS), defined, 216

Awareness, in inbound supply chain management, 200–201

B

BAF. See Bunker Adjustment Fee (BAF)

Balance of trade, defined, 216

Bank(s), advising, defined, 215

Barter, defined, 216

BDP, in global supply chain management, 51

Benefit(s)

denial of, NAFTA—related, 291

as factor in sourcing vs. outsourcing, 5

Best Buy, 187

Bill of lading, defined, 216

Bioterrorism Act, 279

BIS. See Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)

BIS Transshipment Country Export Control Initiative, 123

Black, Cofer, 133f

Bond(s)

customs

in importation and customs clearance process, 260–261

parties to, 261

types of, 261

defined, 216

in, defined, 222

Bonded warehouse, defined, 216–217

Bonded warehouse entries, in importation and customs

clearance process, 255

Bonner, Robert C., 93, 93f, 188

Border Accord Initiative, 65–72

Breakbulk cargo, defined, 217

Bretton Woods Conference, defined, 217

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Broker(s)

customhouse, management of, 54–55

customs, 248

licensed, consulting with, 285–286

records maintained by, 259

reasonable care standards applicable to, 239

selection of, in managing political risk insurance,

160–161

Browning, Douglas, 73

Bunker Adjustment Fee (BAF), defined, 216

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), 62–63, 63f,

81, 187, 248, 279–282. See also Customs and Border

Protection (CBP)

Advanced Manifest Notification Programs, 243, 245–246

billing for shipment examination, 287–288

CSI, 243–246

C-TPAT, 242

Customs Powers of Attorney, 247–254

effective import compliance management, 243

exporting knowledge required of, 105–134

focused assessment approach, 237

global security awareness, 243

import compliance, 239–242

import process objectives, 243–244

import regulatory issues, 236–237

importation and customs clearance process, 254–263

See also Importation and customs clearance process

management centers, 236

organizational structure of, 235

phase I, 237

profile of, 234

reasonable care, 238–239

staff of Commissioner of Customs, 235–236

of U.S., 62–63, 63f

valuation verification, 246–247

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) contact,

288–289

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