SARA (Logix Storage System for Customs Offices) – Concepts and Overview

Objective

Guide each participant to understand the use and application of the SARA system in the operational management of a Customs Office.

Target Audience

Logistics professionals who work with Customs Offices.

Pre-requirements

None.

Topics addressed

1.Overview of the SARA System.

(Meaning/Market Sector/Import and Export Flows/Customs Laws and Regulations Regimes/System Modularization.)

The objective is to understand for which market sector the SARA system may be used and its main controls and processes.

2.Parameterization, Access Security and Basic Registers.

(Business Types (Dry Interior Harbor/Dry Frontier Harbor/Maritime Harbor or Airport)/User Register and Profile Permissions/Parameterization of system features usage/Basic registers for system usage.)

The objective is to understand parameterization and initial registers for system deployment and usage.

3.Vehicle and Persons Entrance and Exit in the Customs Office.

(Persons Entrance and Exit/Vehicles Entrance and Exit per mode and operation - Unloading, Loading or Services/Vehicle Weighing/Customs traffic control – Frontiers or Specific to Santos/Queries and Reports.)

The objective is to understand how Persons and Vehicles access control in a Customs Office works and its main features.

4.Document Register for Entry of Goods and Generation of Unloading Service Order.

(Types of Entry per Customs Regime/Document Register to Generate Lots and Unloading Service Orders/Document Pre-register/Queries and reports.)

The objective is to understand how to register fiscal documents covering the entry of good in the customs office and the generation of Unloading Service Orders.

5.Physical Unloading of Goods by Transportation Vehicle (Unloading Service Order.)

(Types of Unloading Operations (Container, Loose Goods or on Wheels)/Physical entry with quantity and quality check of goods or container/Use of Data Collector to unload good (optional)/Inventory control by Serial Tag (optional)/Inventory Control by Detailed Product (optional)/Queries and Reports.)

The objective is to understand how the physical unloading of goods through an Unloading Service Order works, storage types, inventory control and their main features.

6.Generation and Closing of Service Order - (Internal with Diverse Operations.)

(Container Loading or Unloading/Unloading or Goods Services in vehicle on wheels/Request for Diverse Services for Lot or Container/Use of Data Collectors (optional)/Queries and Reports.)

The objective is to understand which are the types, generation and closing of Service Orders (Internal) that the system has and its comprehensiveness for registering new service types.

7.Customs Control, Document Register and Clearance for Release of Goods from the Customs Office.

(Release Document Types per Customs Regime/Control over Deadline to Remain in the Regime/Control over Seizure of Goods/Change in Regime for Customs Warehouse or DAC [Certified Customs Warehouse]/Document Register and Release of goods/Waybill Deconsolidation on Imports/Queries and Reports.)

The objective is to understand how to register and release documents covering the physical release of goods from the customs office, as well as other mandatory customs processes and their control over the SARA system.

8.Physical Loading of Goods by Transportation Vehicle (Loading Service Orders.)

(Types of Loading Operations - Container/Loose Goods/Clearance on Wheels/Physical Loading of Goods/Use of Data Collectors/Queries and Reports.)

The objective is to understand how to physically load goods through Loading Service Orders and their operation types.

9.Billing of Services/Recovery and Interfaces for ERP Systems.

(Billing Types/Register of Charges per Client/Pre-Calculation/Calculation and Generation of Statements/Issuance of Service Invoices/Cash Control for Receipt on sight/Generation of Interfaces for banking systems to generate recovery slips/Interface for ERP systems.)

The objective is to understand how to register charges, billing and recovery of services carried out by the Customs Office to their clients, as well as data interfaces to register information in the ERP system.

10.Auxiliary Processes (RFB [Brazilian Internal Revenue Service] Query/Automatic E-mail and Commissions.)

(Queries and Reports used by the Internal Revenue Service/Automatic E-mail Sending per Operation/Calculation process and payment of commissions/Data Integration with ABTRA (Brazilian Association of Customs Offices and Terminals.)

The objective is to understand the use and features for Automatic E-mail Sending, queries and reports used by the Internal Revenue Service, Calculation Process and payment of commissions for order commissioners and Data Integration with ABTRA for customs offices in the Santos municipality.