Ascent Global Logistics Blog
We are very proud to announce Michael Smith as the newest member of our Retail Consolidation team! Michael recently joined our Retail Consolidation team as the Vice President of Transportation at Prime Distribution Services, An Ascent Global Logistics Company.
Two weeks ago, we posted about Walmart’s On Time In Full (OTIF) upcoming program changes. Since the blog post was written, a Walmart announcement from Steve Bratspies (Chief Merchandising Officer, Walmart U.S.)
With the President signing into law H.R. 1625 on March 23, 2018, GSP has now been extended retroactively from January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2020. The effective date of the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018” is April 22, 2018, when programming will be updated to reflect the GSP duty status of approximately 5000 tariff items.
While the concept of Reasonable Care has been around for over twenty years, today’s circular is a reminder of the importance of exercising Reasonable Care in all interactions with U. S.
In January 2018, we posted about Walmart’s On Time In Full (OTIF) upcoming program changes. Since the blog post was written, here are the key reminders for the April 2018 OTIF program changes:
***See the latest update regarding Section 301 Tariffs by clicking here.
Starting on March 23, 2018, there will be tariffs imposed on steel and aluminum products that are imported into the United States.
Continued acceleration of the domestic freight market has been a common topic in our CLIFF NOTES weekly e-newsletter and the outlook for the freight industry shows no sign of slowing.
What is the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) trade program? What is the current status of the program? What countries are involved? What are some examples of GSP eligible products? Read below for answers to these common importer questions and more.
Our team is extremely proud to have celebrated our one year anniversary of Ascent Global Logistics on January 25, 2018. Just over one year ago we became a unified team with the common goal of being our clients’ most trusted and valued logistics provider by offering end-to-end solutions.