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The CBP ABI Software Vendors List – We are on it! Knowledge To Transform You Into A Logistics Hero.Back To All Posts | Posted on February 11, 2021We are happy to report that International Trade Systems (ITS) is a registered vendor on the U.S Customs & Border Protection ABI Software Vendors List. Check out this

Before their partnership with International Trade Systems, Inc. (ITS), GHY International (GHY) needed a flexible customs brokerage software provider. Since partnering with ITS, they know that their business needs are being heard.

Move goods across the border with ease. The ITS PAPS Tracker (Pre-arrival Processing System) provides 24/7 real-time tracking and release confirmation.

Documents, whether physical or digital, are an essential aspect of your brokerage business. But managing all your documents can be a challenging task.

Quality control (QC) audits are an important but often complicated manual process if it’s being done at all. Ensuring that your customers are as compliant as possible gives you an advantage over your competitors.

In today’s fast-paced business environment, saving time is critical. ITS is dedicated to working alongside our customers to find easy solutions to help automate their broker business, saving time and valuable resources.

Manually checking the status of a container is a long and tedious process. You have to look up the carrier’s website, key in the container’s number to find its location, and enter the status into your spreadsheets.

The Workflow Manager is a powerful tool that provides information at your fingertips. ITS designed this valuable software to answer the question, “What do I need to do today?” Sometimes, you have to do some research before you can even start to answer that question.

Communication between you and your customers can be chaotic and unstructured. Transactions fall through the cracks, and mistakes happen. These errors are costly to you and your customers.

What does Lights Out mean? It’s simple: nobody has to key in data. Lights Out is the future of technology as it completely automates communication between your end customer and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

The move came as a result of trends that have emerged during the global coronavirus pandemic such as market consolidation and automation of processes such as customs clearing. I caught up with Steve Platman, CEO of ITS, to explore what this merger means for their Portland operations and the customs clearing market more broadly.