Plan de mejora prácticas profesionales: Registro global de aprobaciones regulatorias

Abstract

This report describes the professional internship undertaken at Huawei Technologies Colombia S.A.S., a multinational telecommunications company, where the student worked in the Supply Chain area, supporting customs and transportation processes. Among the main responsibilities was the customs management of the Spare Parts, Fixed Assets, and ETB accounts, with the spare parts account being the most operationally relevant due to the need for approvals from Colombian government regulatory entities for its nationalization (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, 2019; VUCE, 2019). During the internship, the central problem identified was the lack of a unified registry consolidating information related to approvals required by entities such as the National Directorate of Taxes and Customs (DIAN), the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC), and the National Environmental Licensing Authority (ANLA). This lack of a unified registry leads to reprocessing, delays in nationalization, additional warehousing costs, and the risk of container delays. Support was also provided for export and transportation processes for unused materials that had to be returned to central warehouses and subsequently shipped back to China. In response to the identified problem, an improvement plan is proposed based on the creation of a Global Registry of Regulatory Approvals, developed in conjunction with the customs broker Magnum, with the aim of anticipating restrictions, optimizing logistics planning, reducing customs clearance times, and minimizing costs associated with logistical reprocessing.