Determining whether each product qualifies. Keeping the supplier records that prove it. Issuing certifications. Making sure every shipment actually claims it. Recovering duty when it was missed. OriginOps runs all five, continuously, and keeps the file ready for a verification.
Early access — we are onboarding a first cohort and reply to every enquiry within one business day.
The five jobs
Most brands do job three and assume the rest. Jobs one and two are what make a claim survive verification; job four is what makes it save you money.
The problem
Brands treat CUSMA as a document problem: produce a certification of origin, put it in a folder, done. If your product and supply chain never changed, that would be adequate.
They change constantly. You add a colourway from a different mill. A supplier substitutes a component. Input prices move, which matters if your qualification depends on regional value content. You launch a bundle that was never classified at all. Each of these can change whether a good qualifies, and none of them generates a notification.
Meanwhile the claim has to be made on every single shipment, and you have no visibility into whether it is actually being applied at entry. So you can simultaneously hold a valid certification, be entitled to duty-free treatment, and be paying duty on every order — with no mechanism that would ever tell you.
In their own words
We did not invent this problem. These are the actual queries people type when they hit it.
Built for you if
If three or more of these are true, OriginOps will pay for itself. If none of them are, we will tell you so rather than sell you something.
How it works
The work happens whether or not you are watching. You get the output.
We classify each product, identify the applicable rule of origin, and determine qualification — tariff shift, regional value content, or whatever the heading requires. The reasoning is written down, because a conclusion without reasoning is not defensible.
We gather the supplier declarations and cost information that support each determination, and keep them current as you change inputs.
Blanket period certifications where appropriate, reissued when products or inputs change rather than when someone remembers.
We check your duty invoices against your qualifying SKUs. If duty is being charged on goods that should enter free, we find it and chase it — and pursue recovery on what you already paid.
What you get
The applicable rule depends on the product’s classification. We work at that level rather than applying a general assumption about Canadian manufacturing.
Where qualification depends on value thresholds, the calculation is maintained and re-run as input costs move.
Chasing declarations from your suppliers, keeping them current, and flagging when one expires or a supplier changes.
New SKUs, new colourways, substituted components and new suppliers all get flagged for re-determination instead of inheriting a status silently.
Measuring whether preference is actually being applied, rather than assuming the certification did its job.
Determinations, records and certifications organised so that a verification request is a retrieval exercise, not an emergency.
Side by side
| Today | With OriginOps | |
|---|---|---|
| Origin determination | An assumption about where you manufacture | Documented per SKU |
| Supplier records | Scattered or absent | Collected and current |
| Certifications | Made out once | Maintained, blanket where possible |
| Claims at entry | Assumed to work | Verified against invoices |
| A verification request | A crisis | A retrieval |
Send us your situation and we will tell you plainly whether OriginOps would make a difference at your volume — before you commit to anything.
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