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Assignment - Catdom Time Release Study

Instructions - You are the National Manager Import Policy in the Catdom Customs Department (CCD) and the CEO of the CCD has asked you for a report on what she should or could do to answer the strident complaints she has received from the trading community concerning the delays in cargo release times at both the airport and the seaport in Johnsonville.

She has asked you to be frank and fearless in your report and to give her ideas about how CCD might resolve the concerns of the traders including any suggestions about amending laws or changing current administrative procedures. She has invited you to be as creative as you like in drafting your report. She has asked you to particularly advise her of any good practice that you might be aware of that are used by other Customs administrations around the world that Catdom might profitably implement to resolve the ongoing problems.

She is not aware that you have commissioned the recent time release study.

The CEO has said that your report must not exceed 2000 words and that it must be provided no later than 27 September 2019.

Your report should be structured in 3 parts as follows:

Part 1 - Introduction - Up to 250 words

Tell the CEO about time release studies generally. Their purpose, the methodologies undertaken and your views of their overall benefit.

Part 2 - Problems - Up to 750 words

Taking into account and using the information you have been provided with above, outline and explain the results of the current time release study for the CEO and use the results of the study to identify any bottlenecks or problem areas that might be affecting the clearance times in Catdom.

Part 3 - Solutions - Up to 1000 words

Suggest practical solutions to the identified problems. This might involve amending laws or changing current administrative procedures. In devising these solutions or suggestions you should particularly tell the CEO about any good practice that have researched that is used by other customs administrations overseas.

Note: If any of the identified problems are being caused by other agencies or factors not within the ability of the CCD to resolve tell the CEO how you think she should handle such problems to mitigate the criticism currently being directed at the CCD.

Important - Please note that your Part 2 task is to use the results of the study to identify the problems/bottlenecks. Those students who principally rely on the narrative facts to identify the problems will not get as good marks.

Rationale - This assessment task will assess the following learning outcome/s:

• be able to demonstrate a knowledge of the key border management concepts of control and release, including documentary and physical controls.
• be able to demonstrate an understanding of the broad range of Customs procedures and evaluate the procedures used in different operational settings.
• be able to evaluate critically various operational approaches to the clearance of international consignments and identify good practice, including the use of information technology.
• be able to demonstrate an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the various members of the international trading community relating to customs formalities, including private sector organization's and international organization's such as the UPU
• be able to evaluate the WCO's methodology for measuring clearance times.
• be able to formulate practical solutions to mitigate potential bottlenecks in trade flows resulting from customs procedures.

To assess your understanding and knowledge of key customs procedures and your ability to evaluate operational approaches to the clearance of international consignments and to formulate practical solutions to mitigate potential bottlenecks in trade flows resulting from customs procedures.

Attachment:- Assignment File.rar