eCustoms
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| Industry | Software |
| Founded 📆 | 1981 |
| Founder 👔 | Rajiv Manucha |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , |
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| 🌐 Website | http://www.ecustoms.com |
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Overview
eCustoms (Visual Compliance) is a privately owned company founded in 1981 to provide international trade compliance solutions and services to manufacturing, shipping and logistics, information technology, and aerospace and defense companies. eCustoms' corporate head office is located in Buffalo, New York.
Services
For more than 30 years, eCustoms has helped both SMB and Fortune 500 companies solve their cross-border and foreign trade compliance and operational issues with various systems, technologies, and services.[2] eCustoms software is also employed by many US universities, among them MIT,[3] University of Texas,[4] University of Florida,[5] University of South Florida,[6] among many others.
Export Compliance eCustoms offers online Software as a Service and integrated Foreign Trade Compliance Solutions for management of mandatory export compliance obligations under government and international regulations – BIS, DDTC, OFAC, DHS DHS– and others. eCustoms’ Visual Compliance provides solutions and services for Denied Party Screening, ECCN and USML ITAR Classification and illegal technology transfer control, i.e., Technical Data Transfer, Hardware Exports, Deemed Exports and Hand Carried Exports. Visual Compliance includes online ad hoc denied party screening, restricted party screening, batch screening, as well as screening solutions that can be integrated into most ERP and CRM systems, including SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Netsuite, Salesforce, and most in-house developed systems. Visual Compliance has over 35,000 users worldwide.
Other Solutions and Services Among other trade compliance solutions eCustoms offers are Export License Management, Export Documentation and AES Electronic Filing, Import Documentation & ABI Electronic Filing including ISF/10+2, HTS Import Classification and Rulings, NAFTA and other Free Trade Agreements, Audit and Records Management, Statutes, Regulations and Resources. eCustoms eManifest+ helps companies address both existing US mandatory eManifest rules and similar rules more recently implemented by the Canadian government.[7]
Integration Capability eCustoms’ selection of compliance systems can be integrated with e-commerce and ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, and most other corporate systems, including legacy systems.
History
- 1981 eCustoms founded by Rajiv Manucha. The company posted a profit in its first year of operations.
- 1985 Receives Novell Certification.
- 1986 Implements its first DOS-based import solution on a dual-processor UNIX system with over 100 users, for the Chrysler Corporation.
- 1987 Designs and implements its first DOS-based compliance system (for L-3). eCustoms systems were selected for use by colleges training students in international trade.
- 1989 In response to the Harmonized System – or simply Harmonized Tariff System – becoming the new global trade standard, eCustoms introduced its Harmonized Tariff Classification Software. The first eCustoms compliance solution was installed at Honeywell International. eCustoms expanded its operations, increasing its headquarters size five-fold, moving from a 3,000 square foot office to a 15,000 square foot office.
- 1993 The U.S. unveiled plans to enforce Customs laws in an automated environment; the Department of Defense subsequently hired eCustoms to automate its own compliance system.
- 1994 The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into effect, creating a trilateral trade bloc between the United States, Canada, and Mexico. eCustoms introduced its first software solution for compliance with the new NAFTA regulations.
- 1995 Receives Microsoft Certification.
- 1997 Developed its first fully automated, paperless customs clearance process (for Federal-Mogul).
- 1999 Visual Compliance was released, which would become eCustoms’ flagship software product.
- 2000 eCustoms established its U.S. Customs Brokerage operation, and set up its International Trade Consulting division. Receives Oracle Certification.
- 2001 Released Customs IQ for comprehensive online HTS classification. Receives Citrix Certification.
- 2004 The United States began modernizing its commercial trade processing system; this eventually became the Automated Trade Environment (ACE). eCustoms unveiled its customs solution for compliance with these new import/export standards.
- 2005 Released License Activity Management Solution for controlled goods export licensing. Also released QP/WP Gateway, ACE e-Manifest, and RNS Online solutions for carriers.
- 2008 Unveiled a new Traveler & Visitor Solution for expanded ITAR compliance.
- 2010 License solution expanded to include management of Technology (“Deemed Export”) compliance.
- 2011 Unveiled an expanded Financial Services compliance solution.
Products
Notable eCustoms Clients
External links
- eCustoms Official Website
- IOMA Home Page Archived 1996-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
- United States Customs and Border Protection Automated Commercial Environment
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.ecustoms.com/index.cfm
- ↑ Global Business Practices
- ↑ http://osp.mit.edu/compliance/export-controls/policy-and-compliance/visual-compliance
- ↑ https://austin-utexas.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1511/~/what-is-visual-compliance%3F
- ↑ http://www.research.ufl.edu/research/export_control/visual_compliance.html
- ↑ USF Assurances
- ↑ The Trucker.com
- ↑ ASAP home page
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