Magnussen Earns Customs Certification

June 14, 2007  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in on June 2007 Magnussen Home Furnishings has received its Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism certification from the U.S. Customs Border Protection Agency.

As part of the company’s commitment to improving efficiency and security of its supply chain worldwide, the company started the certification process about two years ago. Developed after 9/11 as a voluntary program, C-TPAT’s mission is to detect and prevent terrorists and terrorist weaponry from entering the U.S. while facilitating the orderly and efficient flow of legitimate trade through the country’s borders.

“In the past, our biggest concern was how to move goods quickly and efficiently, said Richard Magnussen, chairman and chief executive officer of Magnussen. “Today, in this age of global terrorism, security has become an equally important priority for our company and our retail partners in order to move goods more quickly through customs.”

C-TPAT certification is a three-step process, including acceptance into the program, validation by the CBP, and final validation by the CBP after demonstrating best practices. Magnussen Home received certification after final verification visits, and extensive review of all security processes by CBP specialists earlier this spring at the company’s Riverside Distribution Center in California, and its Asian Distribution Center and factory in Vietnam.

Magnussen said the certification will ultimately benefit the company’s customers.

“This certification is just another way in which Magnussen Home is meeting its goals of on-time, on-cost and on-delivery,” he said. “This, combined with the new technologies we’re putting into place to ensure the safe transit of our products across international borders, will ensure the security and efficiency of our supply chain worldwide.”