GingerOSTrade compliance for Procurement & Supply Chain
See duty before you switch.
GingerOS shows the origin and duty effect next to the price, first when you compare bids and again inside the PO, before you save. A warning, never a gate.
- Switch suppliers safely
2 of 14, after the fact14 of 14, before awardIllustrative - Collect origin declarations
All of themNoneIllustrative - Give every broker the same code
A sample, by emailEvery entryIllustrative
A window listing the three procurement jobs on this page: switching suppliers safely, collecting origin declarations and giving every broker the same code. Each row has a small picture of today’s spreadsheet and the number that changes, today’s value struck through next to the GingerOS value, marked Illustrative because these are not measured results.
Switch without a duty surprise.
Compare landed cost at award, then see the duty in the PO before you save.
Illustration with sample data: an old-style sourcing spreadsheet lists three sample supplier switches with the old and new unit price and the saving, while the Duty? column reads no for two of them and ask? for one. A pinned comment says the saving was reported and the duty never checked.
Illustration with sample data: a GingerOS landed-cost table where the cheapest of three sample suppliers lands highest once duty is added. Below it, a purchase order switching to that supplier shows a Before you save warning, not a block, with Save with a note and Ask compliance buttons.
Savings are reported without duty, and compliance hears about the switch at year end.
Supplier switches checked for duty before award
Illustrative
Illustrative comparison, not a measured result: supplier switches checked for duty before award, 2 of 14 after the fact today against 14 of 14 before award with GingerOS, drawn as two bars.
Collect origin declarations.
One link per supplier, sent in your name and chased for you.
Illustration with sample data: an old-style USMCA certificate tracker for four sample suppliers where only 1 of 4 came back: one never replied, one PDF was retyped, one asked “what is RVC?” and one certificate expired.
Illustration with sample data: a GingerOS declarations round sent in your company’s name through one link with no login, showing 11 received, 7 being chased, 3 answering and 2 renewing, with four sample suppliers and their status.
Every January an Excel goes out, PDFs come back and get retyped. Many never come back.
Requests chased by hand
IllustrativeSupplier reply rates run under 60% (Regilient, May 2026). GingerOS changes who does the chasing, not the supplier.
Illustrative comparison, not a measured result: requests chased by hand, all of them today against none with GingerOS.
Give every broker the same code.
One approved code goes to every broker, and every entry is checked.
Illustration with sample data: an old-style spreadsheet compares the approved HS code for three sample parts with the codes the US broker, the MX broker and the certificate used, and several cells disagree. A pinned comment marks the same part under another code at another broker, and the status bar says 3 of 214 entries were checked.
Illustration with sample data: a GingerOS window shows one sample part’s approved code sent to three brokers, two in sync and one whose entry used a different heading. A question to that broker asks which list it used, and the broker answers that it was an old one, corrected for the next entry.
Each broker picks its own code for the same part. Entries are checked by email.
Entries compared against the approved code
Illustrative
Illustrative comparison, not a measured result: entries compared against the approved code, a sample by email today against every entry with GingerOS, drawn as two bars.
Numbers marked Illustrative are not measured results. Your own baseline is set with you before the build.
Questions you’ll probably ask
Will this block a PO?
No. It is a warning next to the supplier field. The buyer decides, and compliance gets the same check at the same time, so any question comes before the goods ship.
Where do buyers see the warning?
Where they already work. Inside your PO screen if your IT approves that change, otherwise in GingerOS or an email to the buyer. It is agreed at kickoff.
Do our suppliers need an account?
No. They get one link per request, answer the questions and attach what they have. The record files itself.
Who controls what goes to our suppliers?
Procurement. You approve the questions and the reminder schedule, requests go out in your company’s name, and a supplier who does not answer goes to the buyer first, never over the buyer’s head.
Will it see our negotiation data?
Only what a check needs: the part, the supplier, the country and the price on the PO or the bid you compare. Supplier cost breakdowns for origin rules are seen by compliance, not by buyers.
Will it hold shipments?
Never. Brokers get the approved code before the goods move. If a filed entry comes back with a different code, it becomes a question to the broker, and the next entry is corrected.
Can it compare landed cost across origins?
Yes, before award: each part against each candidate country, with the full duty stack, side by side, for US imports. Other destinations are scoped per project.
How is country of origin determined for U.S. customs?
By where the goods were made or grown, or when inputs from several countries are involved, where they were last substantially transformed into a new article with a new name, character or use (19 CFR 134.1 and CBP rulings). Goods of Canada and Mexico follow the Part 102 rules instead, free trade agreements have their own rules of origin, and the Section 232 metals duties look at where steel was melted and poured or aluminum smelted and cast.
Do imported goods need a country of origin marking?
Yes. Under 19 U.S.C. 1304, every article of foreign origin, or its container, must show the English name of its country of origin in a conspicuous place, legibly and permanently, unless an exception applies. Goods that arrive unmarked owe an extra duty of 10% of their value, even if they are otherwise duty-free, unless they are marked, exported or destroyed under CBP supervision before the entry liquidates.
We are the supplier, not the importer. Does this help us?
Yes. Classify your parts with the reasoning written down, using the same engine, and give your US customer the code and the basis behind it. You can try the Classification Researcher yourself first.
