POSITIVO Success Story: Centralizing Logistics Information Quickly and Efficiently with FollowNet from e.Mix
Expanding fast, with three plants and imports growing faster than its spreadsheets, Positivo Tecnologia gained real-time visibility of its foreign trade operation with e.Mix's FollowNet One. Today the status of any shipment is one click away, even in S&OP meetings.
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The scenario: the operation was growing faster than the spreadsheets
Expanding rapidly, with three industrial plants and a growing import volume, Positivo Tecnologia ran its foreign trade operation on Excel spreadsheets, each analyst with their own, with no standard and no consolidated visibility. For a team of seven analysts and for S&OP management, the essential was missing: seeing, in one place, where each shipment was.
Everyone had their own way of working the Excel spreadsheet; nothing was standardized. We even joked that it was “God help us”.
Luciano Ricardo Braga, Foreign Trade Coordinator at Positivo TecnologiaThe result: the status of any shipment, in real time
With FollowNet One, information is no longer hunted down across several spreadsheets: it is centralized and updated on time (including via EDI and API). In S&OP meetings, when vice presidents and directors ask about a shipment, the answer comes right away: at sea, already arrived, in customs clearance, or released on the green channel.
They ask me about shipment status all the time. In real time, I open the system, enter the order and say exactly where the cargo is.
Daniele Seleme Pioli, Supply Chain and Foreign Trade Manager at Positivo TecnologiaDay to day: problems solved the moment they happen
Centralization changed the routine. When a vessel is delayed, nobody has to ask each analyst who has cargo on board anymore: the information is in the system. Problems are identified and handled right away, and managers can finally see what they need to solve in their day.
For a manager, it's very hard not to have visibility of what needs handling day to day. Today FollowNet One is a work partner for the operations team.
Mayumi Dulce Steffani Iura De Cristo, Foreign Trade Specialist at Positivo TecnologiaThe method: a partnership that doesn’t lock you in
What Positivo Tecnologia values most goes beyond the software. It’s the e.Mix Model: System + Methodology + Team that lives your operation. The solution evolves with the operation (it started with follow-up and now includes PO management) without becoming rigid like closed systems. As the team puts it: e.Mix isn’t there just to sell the system and say “see you next time”; the experience that comes with it is the real differentiator.
Questions & Answers
Why did Positivo Tecnologia look for a foreign trade tool?
Expanding fast, with three plants, managing the operation in spreadsheets became unworkable: there was no standardization and no consolidated visibility.
What changed for management and S&OP?
The status of any shipment is available in real time; in meetings, opening the system is enough to say exactly where the cargo is.
How did FollowNet One centralize the operation?
It brought into a single view what was scattered across several spreadsheets kept by several analysts, updated on time via EDI and API.
Does Positivo spot problems faster?
Yes. Problems are identified and solved when they happen, not days later.
Does the system keep up with Positivo's growth?
Yes. The solution evolves with the operation (it started with follow-up and now includes PO management) without becoming rigid like closed systems.
What does Positivo value beyond the system?
The experience that comes with it: e.Mix isn't there just to sell and disappear; it brings knowledge, support and new features.
What information can the team see?
Whether the cargo is at sea, has arrived, is in customs clearance or got the green channel: all in the system, in real time.
What sets e.Mix's approach apart?
The e.Mix Model: System + Methodology + Team that lives your operation. An operations partnership, not just a tool.
Which e.Mix solution does Positivo Tecnologia use?
FollowNet One, foreign trade software for importers and manufacturers.