Global Trade Update: Tariffs, AI & Why Trade Compliance Teams Suddenly Matter with Quickcode
Tariff and trade policy is shifting faster than most compliance programs were built to handle. In this conversation, Quickcode’s Shannon Hynds and Nathan Chaney unpack what that volatility means for importers and why the teams adapting best are the ones treating compliance as a core business function, not a back-office task.
The De Minimis Shift & The Fastener Classification Trap
For companies across the fastener and fixings industry, global sourcing has always been a balance between cost, availability, and performance. However, recent changes to the de minimis exemption are adding new complexities, including one that directly impacts how fasteners are imported, returned, and classified.
Faster Sourcing, Smarter Pricing | How to Model Tariffs and Landed Costs in Real Time
Tariff volatility is reshaping sourcing, pricing, and procurement decisions faster than manual processes can adapt. Static spreadsheets and fragmented data introduce delay, make landed cost modeling incomplete, and create friction in supplier and pricing conversations.
Supply Chaney Podcast: How AI Is Reshaping Trade Compliance Without Replacing Experts with Shannon Hynds
In this episode of the Supply Chaney podcast, host Nathan Chaney speaks with Shannon Hynds, founder and CEO of Quickcode, about the intersection of AI and international trade compliance.
Simply Trade Podcast: Use Quickcode to Manage Compliance on All Your Thanksgiving Favorites, Including a Frozen Turkey Bowling Ball
On the latest Simply Trade episode, Shannon Hynds and Joe Morales talk all things holiday classification. Whether it’s running shoes for a Turkey Trot, football gear, pasta caught in AD duties, or even a frozen turkey turned bowling ball, Shannon shares how Quickcode’s sorts it all out, and why today’s tariff landscape can change what you pay at the dinner table.
How to Calculate Import Duties with a Tariff Calculator
Learn how to use a tariff calculator to estimate import duties, taxes, and fees and discover how Quickcode takes trade compliance to the next level.
Shifting Compliance Left – Building Compliance into the Start of the Supply Chain
What a year 2025 has been for trade compliance! The old ways of managing trade compliance are no longer sustainable, there are just too many risks. That’s why many companies have begun embracing a “shift compliance left” mindset, embedding compliance thinking into the upstream process and moving considerations earlier in the product and supply chain […]
Welcome to Quickcode’s Product Database
Quickcode’s Trade Compliance Product Database features have arrived! We’ve made it easier to sort, filter, and organize your entire product database – not to mention keep all of your data up-to-date. Learn how to use the new Quickcode Product Database, your upgraded workspace for smarter, faster product management. In this video, we walk through all […]
Shifting Compliance Left: A Smarter Approach to Trade Compliance
For many global trade teams, compliance feels like a never-ending fire drill. Emails flying. Deadlines slipping. Shipments delayed because someone missed a classification code. It’s chaotic – and all too common. But what if compliance didn’t have to be a series of emergencies? What if you could move from being the firefighter who rushes to put out sparks, to the architect who designs a fireproof system from the start?
Using Quickcode’s HTSUS Feature
The official U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule holds everything importers need to classify their goods, but finding it is another matter. Dense legal notes, disconnected cross-references, and no real keyword search make the government’s HTSUS slow to navigate and easy to get lost in. Quickcode turns that same schedule into a connected, searchable tool.