I just attended the 2017 CTPAT conference in Detroit. After 2 days of CTPAT’ing, here a list of my top 10 takeaways including the changes I see coming to the CTPAT program.

1. There is a new name. Notice the – is officially gone, no more C-TPAT (despite all of us conditioned to using the -, it is no more. CTPAT it is.
2. There is a new slogan – CTPAT “Your Supply Chains Strongest Link”.
3. There is a new woman at the helm. Elizabeth Schmelzinger is the Director of CTPAT.

The biggest take away is ….

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