On Thursday, April 21st,
MITA will conduct a workshop that will be devoted to describing and
exploring some of the very best import compliance management practices
and techniques including:
Garnering and maintaining Senior Management support
Planning, objectives and project management
Vendor and supplier management and onboarding new ones
Pre-entry processes
Post entry processes
Technology
Leveraging other internal resources
Customs Broker and Service Provider management
Participation in CBP incentive-based partnership programs
Thought-provoking tips, tricks and insights to help you better manage a highly compliant import program.
EVENT DETAILS
Date:
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Time:
8:00-8:30 am -- Registration/Networking (breakfast included) 8:30-11:30 am -- Program
Location:
Claas Omaha, LLC, 8401 South 132nd Street, Omaha, NE
Payment can be made at the door or sent to: MITA, P.O. Box 642123, Omaha, NE 68164 (no-shows will be billed).
SPEAKER BIO
Michael Laden
Owner and Principal Trade Innovations, Inc.
Mr.
Laden is the Owner and founding Principal of Trade Innovations, Inc., a
specialty advisory service providing the trade with time-tested
practical solutions to increase compliance, security and supply chain
velocity; while reducing expense. He has more than 35 years of
experience in the international trade industry.
Prior
to launching Trade Innovations, Inc. in May of 2005, Mr. Laden was the
President of Target Customs Brokers, Inc. (TCBI), a wholly owned
subsidiary of Target Corporation based in Minneapolis, MN. Target is the
second largest importer of containerized cargo in the U.S. Mr. Laden
had direct responsibility for the importation of more than $14 billion
of imported merchandise from 84 countries. He and his team established
and oversaw common compliance and import policies for all operating
companies of Target Corporation. Under his direction Target achieved the
coveted Importer Self-Assessment (ISA) status and launched the
company's in-house customhouse brokerage (ABI) operation.
Before
his role at Target, Mr. Laden was employed by The Pillsbury Co. and
Fingerhut Corporation working in the global trade operations departments
of both companies. Mr. Laden spent the first twelve years of his career
with large multi-national customs broker the Fritz Companies, Inc.
working with the legacy U.S. Customs service in a variety of U.S. Ports.
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