The U.S. C-TPAT program and other programs eminating from the World Customs Organization's "SAFE" Framework has made the international regulatory environment far more complex. GTS helps companies navigate through this new level of complexity with our C-TPAT Simplified^TM approach in ways that increase the efficiency of their supply chains.

GTS works with importers and 3PL providers to improve compliance and increase the security of their supply chains. Our Security-Risk Assessment Simplified^TM model guides companies through bringing greater resiliency to their operations and recognizing threats to their firms at the operational and strategic level.

Philip Spayd is a founding director of Global Trade Systems and a Research Affiliate, Center for Transportation and Logistics, MIT. GTS provides consulting services in port and supply chain security, and advises emerging firms on developing the homeland security markets for their products and services. Mr. Spayd travels internationally advising private and public sector clients on gaining efficiency from investments in security. He writes widely on issues of supply chain management and security. Prior to joining Global Trade Systems in January, 2004, Philip W. Spayd served for twenty five years with the US Customs Service and Department of Homeland Security, working in the US and representing US Customs globally. He was a founding director of Operations Safe Commerce, the first public-private partnership to develop mechanisms to enhance the security of international supply chains. In 1998 Mr. Spayd was stationed in Sofia, Bulgaria serving as the U.S. Advisor to the Bulgarian Government on Counter-Proliferation.