CIL provides accredited C-TPAT security audit/inspection services in Paradip, Orissa, India. CIL is the only accredited inspection agency in India to conduct C-TPAT security audits. CIL is an ISO 17020 accredited inspection agency.

C-TPAT certification stands for Customers-Trade Partnership against Terrorism. This compliance is required for supply chain management for firms sending goods into the US. The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) brought out this certification to ensure that security compliance is maintained for private sector companies that supply/ import goods and services in America.

This certification was introduced in 2001 with several industrial participants to ensure compliance is maintained under several anti-terrorist laws.  The C-TPAT Certification would apply to producers of goods and services within the USA. It would also apply to goods that are produced outside the USA. However, this certification is not a mandatory requirement for companies. It has been stressed that such certification is taken by private companies voluntarily.  

Process to get the C-TPAT Certification

Application: - This is the first step to get the C-TPAT certification, the application covers some basic information of the company. The certification body must accept the application and needs to b record or maintain all the information on the C-TPAT database. 

Review of Application: - The application received shall be reviewed by the team to ensure that the compliance requirement have been fulfilled. 

Quote and Agreement: - After the review of documents we provide the price quotation to the client and performs the Gap Analysis to cover all the clauses and section of the quality standards and Gap Analysis is done to check the Gap between company planned things and achieved things. 

Documentation Review: - check the document of the organization to ensure that the documentation fulfilled the compliance requirement. 

Stage-1 Audit: - Evaluate your organizations documented procedure and policies against the compliance requirement. 

Review: - Review the documentation of your management system to ensure that the compliance requirement have been contented. 

Corrective action: - Corrective action is deal with the non-conformity. It has taken when the non-conformity occurs.

Verification: - Verify the documentation of the organization as per the standard requirements. 

Stage-2 Audit: - In stage-2 audit, the auditor verifies that the organization implement according to its documentation and if the auditor of certification body identifies the non-conformities, then the auditor gives the opportunity to correct the non-conformities. 

Review: - Review the implementation process according to the organizations document. 

Corrective Action: - If there is any non-conformity occurs then the corrective action has been taken. 

Verification: - Verify work instruction and implementation process are being followed by your employees.

Granting of Certification: - The Certification Body will issue a certificate of compliance, which is valid for three years. 

Surveillance Audit: - Surveillance audit conduct to ensure that the organization meets the requirements of the management system. Surveillance audit must be performed in every six month or one year from the date of issued certificate. 

Re-Certification: - Re-certification is the process, which is done at the end of three years period. 

Review: - Review the documentation and implementation process of your management system to ensure that the compliance requirement have been contented. 

Corrective Action: - Recheck the non-conformity, if any other problem occurs then CB give the opportunity to the organization to resolve the non-conformity. 

Verification: -Compare the documentation of the organization with the compliance requirement. 

CIL provides accredited C-TPAT security audit/inspection services in Paradip, Orissa, India. CIL is the only accredited inspection agency in India to conduct C-TPAT security audits. CIL is an ISO 17020 accredited inspection agency.

C-TPAT certification stands for Customers-Trade Partnership against Terrorism. This compliance is required for supply chain management for firms sending goods into the US. The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) brought out this certification to ensure that security compliance is maintained for private sector companies that supply/ import goods and services in America.

This certification was introduced in 2001 with several industrial participants to ensure compliance is maintained under several anti-terrorist laws.  The C-TPAT Certification would apply to producers of goods and services within the USA. It would also apply to goods that are produced outside the USA. However, this certification is not a mandatory requirement for companies. It has been stressed that such certification is taken by private companies voluntarily.  

Process to get the C-TPAT Certification

Application: - This is the first step to get the C-TPAT certification, the application covers some basic information of the company. The certification body must accept the application and needs to b record or maintain all the information on the C-TPAT database. 

Review of Application: - The application received shall be reviewed by the team to ensure that the compliance requirement have been fulfilled. 

Quote and Agreement: - After the review of documents we provide the price quotation to the client and performs the Gap Analysis to cover all the clauses and section of the quality standards and Gap Analysis is done to check the Gap between company planned things and achieved things. 

Documentation Review: - check the document of the organization to ensure that the documentation fulfilled the compliance requirement. 

Stage-1 Audit: - Evaluate your organizations documented procedure and policies against the compliance requirement. 

Review: - Review the documentation of your management system to ensure that the compliance requirement have been contented. 

Corrective action: - Corrective action is deal with the non-conformity. It has taken when the non-conformity occurs.

Verification: - Verify the documentation of the organization as per the standard requirements. 

Stage-2 Audit: - In stage-2 audit, the auditor verifies that the organization implement according to its documentation and if the auditor of certification body identifies the non-conformities, then the auditor gives the opportunity to correct the non-conformities. 

Review: - Review the implementation process according to the organizations document. 

Corrective Action: - If there is any non-conformity occurs then the corrective action has been taken. 

Verification: - Verify work instruction and implementation process are being followed by your employees.

Granting of Certification: - The Certification Body will issue a certificate of compliance, which is valid for three years. 

Surveillance Audit: - Surveillance audit conduct to ensure that the organization meets the requirements of the management system. Surveillance audit must be performed in every six month or one year from the date of issued certificate. 

Re-Certification: - Re-certification is the process, which is done at the end of three years period. 

Review: - Review the documentation and implementation process of your management system to ensure that the compliance requirement have been contented. 

Corrective Action: - Recheck the non-conformity, if any other problem occurs then CB give the opportunity to the organization to resolve the non-conformity. 

Verification: -Compare the documentation of the organization with the compliance requirement.