Built on a Solid Data Management Foundation
The foundation of the UPS TradeSense^TM software suite is the Trade Data Repository.* It is designed to drive efficiencies in the way your company deploys, stores, and reports import-export information. The Trade Data Repository links your company with trade information by product or SKU, allowing you to automatically update key data elements and enhance compliance.

The Trade Data Repository can improve cross-border inventory and supplier management by verifying that items are classified and the correct duties paid in order to make the customs process flow efficiently. It allows for enhanced data management, consistent deployment across entry ports, and automated document preparation. Direct ABI connectivity to the U.S. Customs database provides users with the ability to check that Customs-related information is valid and current.

Trade Data Repository tracks product and tariff classification, as well as country of origin information. In addition, the system can support global tariff numbers.

The Trade Data Repository gives your company the power to:

• Make your trade data visible throughout your enterprise and to your designated external service providers via the Internet, flat file or EDI
• Track and analyze supplier, service provider, and customer information
• Optimize cross-border inventory through systematic tracking and classification at the SKU/item level
• Identify items with expired or changed tariff numbers and perform mass updates
• Customize search functions to provide easy duplication of frequently used criteria

* Provided by UPS Trade Management Services, Inc.