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The CNS Inventory Control system provides TCS and its stakeholders: such as regulatory bodies (including HM Revenue & Customs and Port Health), shipping lines, freight forwarders and enhanced remote transit sheds (ERTS) with the means to achieve customs clearance and ensuring that goods can move smoothly through TCS.

Facilitating trade through the UK frontiers involves many stakeholders working together in cooperation.  For CNS, and our customers, this involves working with UK terminals, ports and airports, government agencies and departments, trade associations and international organisations.

 

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The new inventory control system, CNS Compass, will replace the current CNS Inventory Control System. CNS Compass replicates the functionality of the current system but with new and easy to use screens.
Click here  for some of the benefits of CNS Compass.

To find out more about CNS please go to: www.cnsonline.net

CHIEF Access

CNS offers links to HMRC CHIEF for CNS system users.  There are two methods of entry transmission, they are: 

  • Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
    EDI is a message based transfer, using CNS approved applications developed by the members of the Association of Freight Software Suppliers.
  • Human Computer Interface (HCI)
    Keying directly into CHIEF screens, users are able to manually input:
    • Single Administrative Document (SAD) entries.
    • MUCR and DUCR entries

 

 Shipping Lines

The CNS Inventory Control system enables shipping lines and their agents to do: 

  • Register Manifests
    Lodge manifests electronically for authorised community access.
     
  • Import and Export Declarations
    Completion of import, export and Customs Freight Simplified Procedure (CFSP) declarations for goods moving through UK frontiers.
     
  • Movements in Temporary Storage
    The CNS Inventory Control system allows the movement of goods between inventory linked sites.
     
  • Transit Movements
    Goods moving under bond must be entered in EU NCTS, and moved between locations controlled by the CNS Inventory Control system. 
  • Deliveries
    Arrange pick-up and deliveries of consignments through automatic PIN release.
  • Terminal Operating System Access
    Have access to the TCS operating system.
  • EDI
    Receive and send Electronic Data Interchange Messages (EDI) to and from the TCS operating system, such as inbound messaging, such as CUSCARs and COPARNs, to COARRI and CODECO outbound messaging

Freight Forwarders and Logistics Management  

The CNS Inventory Control system enables freight forwarders and logistics management agents to:

  • Monitor Progress of Principal’s Cargo
    The CNS Inventory Control system can be used to monitor the progress of their principal’s cargo through the port or terminal, i.e. when the cargo is offload from the ship or if there are any regulatory inspection.
     

  • Import and Export Declarations
    Completion of import, export and Customs Freight Simplified Procedure (CFSP) declarations for goods moving through UK frontiers.
     

  • Customs Clearances
    Obtain electronic customs clearances through a direct link to CHIEF.
     

  • Deliveries
    Arrange pick-up and delivery of consignments through automatic PIN release.
     

  • Movements in Temporary Storage
    The CNS Inventory Control system allows the movement of goods between inventory linked sites.
     

  • Transit Movements
    Goods moving under bond must be entered in EU NCTS, and moved between locations controlled by the CNS Inventory Control system. 

 

ERTS & ICD Facilities

 

  • Import and Export Declarations
    Completion of import, export and Customs Freight Simplified Procedure (CFSP) declarations for goods moving through UK frontiers.
     
  • Inventory Control
     
  • Cargo Gate Passes
     
  • Audit Trail
    The CNS Inventory Control system provides ERTS and ICDs with customs approved inventory systems which account for, and provide and audit trail of, the goods consigned to them as they are moved into free circulation.