Flex-N-Gate C-TPAT Initiative

Acknowledgement of Flex-N-Gate Corporation Participation in
Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT)

FNG C-TPAT Vendor Survey

Companies doing business with Flex-N-Gate are required to complete the form below.
If you have any questions before submitting the form contact Scott Thomas

SUPPLIER IDENTIFICATION

*Required Fields

*Company Name:

SHIP FROM LOCATION
*Country:
*Address:
*City/Province:
*State:
*Zipcode:

CONTACT PERSON
*Name:
*Email:
*Phone:
Fax:

PRODUCT POINT OF ORIGIN
*City/Province:
*State:
*Product Point of Arrival/Port of Entry:

*Company Type:

Manufacturer Forwarder Trucking Sea Carrier
Warehouse Air Carrier Rail Other:
Supplier Consolidator Broker

Flex-N-Gate DIVISION:

Is your company currently participating in C-TPAT, if eligible?YES NO
Does your company consent to be monitored by the C-TPAT portal?YES NO

If your company is C-TPAT Certified, you do not need to answer any additional questions. Please scroll to the bottom of the form, check all the plants that you supply to then click the 'Submit Survey' button.

If you company is not C-TPAT Certified, please fill out the remaining survey questions.

MUTUAL RECOGNITION

Does your company participate in any other accredited supply chain security programs?

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RISK ASSESSMENT

Have you:
Identified International Business Partners and how cargo moves throughout the supply chain to include modes of transportation (air, sea, rail, or truck) and nodes (country of origin, transit points)?YES NO
Identified such threats as Terrorism, Contraband/Human Smuggling, Organized Crime, or other conditions which may increase the probability of a security breach?YES NO
Determined if Business Partners have gaps, vulnerabilities, or weaknesses which may lead to a security breach?YES NO
Developed a written strategy to address potential gaps, vulnerabilities, and weaknesses?YES NO
Written policies/procedures on who will be responsible for conducting the security/risk assessment; what will be included in the assessment; why the assessment must be conducted; when (how often) the assessment will be conducted; where the assessments will be conducted; how the assessment will be conducted?YES NO

BUSINESS PARTNER SCREENING

Do you:
Have you written procedures in place for the selection of Business Partners?YES NO

CONTAINER SECURITY

Do you:
Have procedures in place for reporting and neutralizing unauthorized entry into containers/trailers or container/trailer storage areas?YES NO
Utilize ISO 17712 High Security Seals to secure international loads?YES NO
Have procedures in place to report compromised loads or illegal activity to US Customs and Local Law Enforcement?YES NO
Do you store trailers/containers that are destined for an international location on the property?YES NO
Utilize [at minimum] a 7-point Inspection process on incoming international loads? [1-Front Wall 2-Left Side 3-Right Side 4-Floor 5-Roof 6-Doors 7-Undercarriage]YES NO

PHYSICAL SECURITY

Do you:
Have physical barriers or deterrents that secure cargo handling, storage facilities, and storage yards?YES NO
Have internal barriers withing cargo handling areas that segregates domestic, international, high value, or hazardous cargo?YES NO
Have external and internal windows, gates, doors that are securable with locking devices (keys or card access)?YES NO
Have gates in which vehicles and/or personnel enter and exit through that are manned or monitored?YES NO
Prohibit private passenger vehicles from parking in or adjacent to cargo handling areas?YES NO
Have adequate lighting throughout the interior and exterior of the facility?YES NO
Utilize a CCTV System?YES NO
Utilize a burglar alarm system?YES NO

PHYSICAL ACCESS CONTROLS

Do you:
Utilize an Employee Identification system?YES NO
Positively identify all contractors, drivers, visitors, vendors, and service providers when they arrive at your facility?YES NO
Document contractors, drivers, visitors, vendors, and service providers when they arrive at your facility (Visitor and Driver Log)?YES NO
Employees escort visitors while they are in your facility?YES NO
Have procedures in place that state how Access Devices (Keys/Access Cards) are issued, removed, controlled, or changed?YES NO

PERSONNEL SECURITY

Do you:
Have processes in place to screen prospective employees (Background Checks)?YES NO
Verify employment history and references prior to hiring a prospective employee?YES NO
Conduct periodic re-checks or re-investigate for a promotion to a new position?YES NO
Have procedures in place to remove identification, facility, and system access for terminated employees?YES NO

SECURITY AND THREAT AWARENESS

Do you:
Have a general security and threat awareness program?YES NO
Have a general cargo security awareness training program in place?YES NO
Make employees aware of the procedures the company has in place to address and report uninvited/unauthorized persons and security incidents?YES NO

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECURITY

Do you:
Have IT Security Policy in place?YES NO
Require automatic changing of password after an allotted time frame?YES NO
Have a system in place to identify the abuse of IT including the improper access, tampering, or altering of business data?YES NO

PLANTS YOU SUPPLY TO

DAFE Flex-N-Gate Alabama
Flex-N-Gate Allen Park TC Flex-N-Gate Aragón, S.A.
Flex-N-Gate Argentina Flex-N-Gate Battle Creek
Flex-N-Gate Bradford Flex-N-Gate Brazil
Flex-N-Gate Canada Flex-N-Gate Corporation
Flex-N-Gate Covington Flex-N-Gate España, S.A.
Flex-N-Gate Forming Technologies Flex-N-Gate Hermosillo
Flex-N-Gate Howard Flex-N-Gate Kansas
Flex-N-Gate Kunshan, LLC Flex-N-Gate Lakeshore
Flex-N-Gate Laredo Flex-N-Gate México
Flex-N-Gate Michigan Flex-N-Gate Navarra, S.A.
Flex-N-Gate Oklahoma Flex-N-Gate Plásticos, S.A.
Flex-N-Gate Plastics Flex-N-Gate Puebla
Flex-N-Gate Querétaro Flex-N-Gate Royal Oak
Flex-N-Gate Seeburn B Flex-N-Gate Seeburn T
Flex-N-Gate Stamping Flex-N-Gate Texas LLC
Guardian West GYPSA
MasterGuard Tubsa Automoción, S.L.
Ventra Angola Ventra Assembly Company
Ventra Belvidere Ventra Evart
Ventra Fowlerville Ventra Grand Rapids 29
Ventra Grand Rapids 5 Ventra Ionia
Ventra Oshawa SPD Ventra Plastics Kitchener
Ventra Plastics Mississauga SPD Ventra Plastics Peterborough
Ventra Plastics Russellville Ventra Plastics Windsor
Ventra Product Development Center Ventra Ridgetown
Ventra Salem Ventra Sandusky