Interfront Annual Report 2022

34 PART B: PERFORMANCE REPORT 9. PERFORMANCE REPORT (CONT.) RLA Phase 2C Packaged Releases The scope of the RLA Phase 2C was to implement the remainder of the 1964 Act Client Types, coupled with additional requested changes. The three packaged RLA releases were delivered and uploaded to SARS in April 2021, May 2021 and July 2021, respectively. Exports on Scrap Metal (WO113) The implementation of export duty on scrap metal imposed on imported and locally obtained or manufactured products is envisaged. It is intended to improve the availability of better-quality scrap metal at affordable prices for domestic foundries and mills, while increasing the fiscus. The software was uploaded to SARS in June 2021. Advanced Payment Notification (APN) (WO116) Local currency and foreign exchange dealers can offer a facility to their clients to make advanced payments to foreign suppliers upon presentation of an invoice or other legally permissible documents, if the client intends to import the goods from a foreign country into the Republic. In collaboration with other SARS vendors, Interfront implemented a solution to monitor the payment and subsequent importation of the goods and to identify any discrepancies. Interfront’s contribution included changes to the declaration processing. The software changes were uploaded to SARS on 23 September 2021. Part Clearance (WO110) The Goods Accounting (GAC) system was changed to provide for part clearance. Part clearances occur when a single consignment manifest is cleared against more than one declaration. The software changes were uploaded to SARS on 16 May 2021. DPS Upgrade Phase 1 The upgrade project of Declaration processing aims to move the DPS back-end and supporting front-ends to align with a common technology stack. Interfront concluded phase 1 at the end of March 2021 and it continued into the 2021/2022 financial year. Although there was no formal software upload to SARS, Interfront demonstrated the upgraded functionality to SARS in the Interfront environment. TMS Upgrade The objective of the project was to: • Upgrade the back-end and front-end technologies to align with the customs modernisation technology stack in use for RLA, CPS and the DPS upgrade. • Split the front- and back-end into separately deployable components to enable future front-end technology upgrades efficiently without impacting the back-end layer. The development of the TMS upgrade started in December 2021. The first demo of the software upgrade to introduce the new look and feel was conducted on 29 March 2022.