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Komar Distribution Services
(918) 429-7779
Komar Distribution Services utilizes leading edge technologies and proven business processes to ensure our clients orders are processed quickly and accurately.
Our Clients recognize the need for well developed systems in critical areas such as reporting, supply chain management, distribution, replenishment, stock control and customer service in order to be successful. While Komar is busy handling the details of fulfillment and back office management, our customers are focused on developing new ideas, product lines, and marketing plans.
Companies trust Komar with their most important needs because of Komar’s sterling reputation in the market place. We will be happy to furnish references upon request. Here are a few examples of what our clients have to say about KDS services:
"KDS consistently sets the bar for standards of excellence. From customer service to vendor compliance, their team of skilled employees gets the highest marks. They have never missed a monthly shipping goal."
-- Stu Greenberg, President Chelsea Designs
"KDS has been completely responsive to the demands the retailers are requiring from our company for quick turn and efficient processing of orders. The attention to detail has been outstanding allowing us to concentrate on marketing and selling instead of the shipping piece of the business."
-- Randy Severs, President, Bees and Jam
"KDS provides Lotta Luv the comfort level and confidence it needs to strategically grow it's business throughout all tiers of retail....mass...department store....specialty....drug....grocery and dollar channels.....all with tremendous efficiency and timeliness."
-- Steph Fogelson, Presideant, Lotta Luv Cosmetics
KDS is special as it is proactive and makes the impossible happen. They work to make miracles common place and not the exception. Our key accounts achieve their sales and profit numbers routinely, not by accident, but by having the experienced team at KDS at their disposal.
-- Fred Strulson, Vice President Sales, Liz Claiborne Sleepwear
KDS has provided for CC Girl "real time, to the piece" shipping information which is the ultimate in customer service. We are running a very successful replenishment business.
-- President CC Girl
Hi Jeremy,
I am still thrilled every day with the KDS systems. My shipping is 100%! I stock for a replenishment business as well as fashion in the girl’s underwear area and ship to all major and many small independent stores and many websites as well as Target and WalMart. All require different processing and KDS is state-of-the-art.
My favorite tool is “real time” information that I can retrieve while on the phone with a client. I can see immediately exactly where my orders are, not to mention having a wonderful customer service department and great EDI and Traffic departments should I ever need them. KDS has made it possible for me to increase my business in an otherwise difficult economy, our customers are very happy with our shipping and service as well as our retail performance. We beat out all competitors by having goods on the floor shipped correctly! Equally as important is the fact that we have experienced no charge backs due to shipping errors or notification errors.
You can see our product at Nordstrom in the girls’ area and you can see our product on Herroom.com, Macys.com, Target.com (under CCG) and many others. When you are anywhere other than the West Coast, you can see our product in Dillard’s, Macy’s, Bon Ton, Shopko and many independent stores. We just “set up” business for 138 stores with Shopko and our pegs are full due to shipping correctly while competitors are only half stocked due to their poor shipping.
On this all store order we were 6pcs short; we were just sold out of that fashion style and notified our buyer ahead of time. We have added 1,500 new “doors” to our business thanks to Komar and KDS systems since November of 2008!
Rgds,
President
CC Girl Inc
Benefits of Using an FTZ
KDS is leveraging an expanding global economy and understands that in this period there is increased competition among nations for jobs, industry and capital. The United States FTZ program was designed to promote American competitiveness by encouraging companies to maintain and expand their operations in the United States.
Komar Distribution Services (KDS) can assist companies looking to utilize FTZ infrastructure to realize the financial and logistical benefits offered by a FTZ. KDS can offer complete supply chain management solutions including inventory warehousing, distribution warehousing, cross docking, pick and pack as well as customized back office solutions.
The FTZ program encourages U.S.-based operations by removing certain disincentives associated with manufacturing in the United States. The duty on a product manufactured abroad and imported into the U.S. is paid at the rate of the finished product rather than that of the individual parts, materials or components of the product.
A U.S.-based company finds itself at a disadvantage vis-à-vis its foreign competitor when it must pay the higher rate on parts, materials or components imported for use in the manufacturing process. The FTZ program corrects this imbalance by treating a product made in a U.S. foreign-trade zone, for purposes of tariff assessment, as if it were produced abroad.
Community Benefits
When companies increase their cash flow, save taxes and improve their bottom line by locating their operations in FTZs, local US communities benefit in several important ways. Economic growth and development are stimulated because jobs are retained and created in the community. The FTZ program impacts indirect employment, as well, because a business location not only creates jobs specific to itself, but also creates opportunities for suppliers and service providers in the community.
An FTZ project can be a valuable asset when a community is trying to attract new business investment to its area. Finally, a community with a FTZ may experience an improved infrastructure and expanded tax-base as a result of higher employment and the influx of new businesses. For all of these reasons, more than 200 communities throughout the United States support and rely on the benefits that the FTZ program offers public as well as private entities.
Businesses Benefits
The United States FTZ program helps American companies improve their competitive position versus their counterparts abroad. The FTZ program allows U.S.-based companies to defer, reduce or even eliminate Customs duties on products admitted to the zone.
Customs duties are paid only when and if merchandise is transferred into U.S. Customs and Border Protection territory. This benefit equates to a cash flow savings that allows companies to keep critical funds accessible for their operating needs while the merchandise remains in the zone. There is no time limit on the length of time that merchandise can remain in a zone.
In a FTZ, with the permission of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board, users are allowed to elect a zone status on merchandise admitted to the zone. This zone status determines the duty rate that will be applied to foreign merchandise if it is eventually entered into U.S. commerce from the FTZ.
This process allows users to elect the lower duty rate of that applicable to either the foreign inputs or the finished product manufactured in the zone. If the rate on the foreign inputs admitted to the zone is higher that the rate applied to the finished product, the FTZ user may choose the finished product rate, thereby reducing the amount of duty owed.
No duties are paid on merchandise exported from a FTZ. Therefore, duty is eliminated on foreign merchandise admitted to the zone but eventually exported from the FTZ. Generally, duties are also eliminated for merchandise that is scrapped, wasted, destroyed or consumed in a zone.
Additional FTZ Benefits
Elimination of Drawback In some instances, duties previously paid on exported merchandise may be refunded through a process called drawback. The drawback law has become increasingly complex and expensive to administer. Through the use of a FTZ, the need for drawback may be eliminated allowing these funds to remain in the operating capital of the company.
Labor, Overhead and Profit In calculating the dutiable value on foreign merchandise removed from a zone, zone users are authorized to exclude zone costs of processing or fabrication, general expenses and profit. Therefore, duties are not owed on labor, overhead or profit attributed to production in a FTZ.
Taxes By federal statute, tangible personal property imported from outside the U.S. and held in a zone, as well as that produced in the U.S. and held in a zone for exportation, are not subject to State and local ad valorem taxes.
Quotas U.S. quota restrictions do not apply to merchandise admitted to zones, although quotas will apply if and when the merchandise is subsequently entered into U.S. commerce. Merchandise subject to quota, with the permission of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board, may be substantially transformed in a FTZ to a non-quota article that may then be entered into U.S. Customs and Border Protection territory, free of quota restrictions. Quota merchandise may be stored in a FTZ so that when the quota opens, the merchandise may be immediately shipped into U.S. Customs and Border Protection territory.
Zone-to-Zone Transfer An increasing number of firms are making use of the ability to transfer merchandise from one zone to another. Because the merchandise is transported in-bond, duty may be deferred until the product is removed from the final zone for entry into the U.S. Customs and Border Protection territory.
Other additional benefits, sometimes referred to as intangible benefits, have begun to play a greater role in a company’s evaluation of the FTZ program. Many companies in FTZs find that their inventory control systems run more efficiently, increasing their competitiveness.
FTZ users also find that in meeting their FTZ reporting responsibilities to the U.S. government, they are eligible to take advantage of special Customs procedures such as direct delivery and weekly entry. These procedures expedite the movement of cargo, thereby supporting just-in-time inventory methodologies.
FTZ Outsourcing Partner
If you would like to leverage the benefits of a US Foreign Trade Zone, contact KDS at:
Komar Distribution Services
16 E. 34th Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10016
(918) 429-7779
