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Customs brokerage firms: proof from people who run it every day

Clearance, follow-up and the customer portal, in the words of FollowNet users.

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Does FollowNet coexist with other systems (for example, CargoWise)?

Today FollowNet is our operating system for customs clearance. For international freight forwarding we have CargoWise, but for the customs clearance operation we use FollowNet 100%.”

Translated from Portuguese. The video is in Portuguese.

Carolina Póvoa
Carolina Póvoa Branch Manager, Freight Forwarding DSV
The operating system for customs clearance FollowNet

How does FollowNet replace a customs brokerage firm's manual Excel follow-up?

We used to handle follow-up in Excel spreadsheets, reporting whether the shipment had sailed or arrived, and that took a lot of time. When e.Mix came along, things improved a lot: customers are provided with real-time information and have access to our tool, FollowNet.”

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Edmilson Sala
Edmilson Sala Customs Clearance Supervisor GEODIS
The end of manual follow-up FollowNet

Does the system help win bids?

Doing the process manually is no longer an option. FollowNet is a sales tool, because I need to get ahead in a bid: in a tender I need to show what sets me apart. Every time I take part in a bid I bring e.Mix along with me; it's my enabler, the icing on the cake.”

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Eloi Filho
Eloi Filho Customs Clearance Director LOX Shipping
A commercial edge in bids FollowNet

Can the platform handle an operation with thousands of shipments a month?

Today the Campinas branch handles more than 5,000 files a month. We're the third-largest customs clearance branch in the country, with 44 people in customs clearance in Campinas alone. It's a very challenging routine.”

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Carolina Póvoa
Carolina Póvoa Branch Manager, Freight Forwarding DSV
Operation at scale FollowNet

How do you automate Federal Revenue lookups and free the team for what matters?

I use the tool's bot to work for me in permitted situations, such as a customs lookup on the Federal Revenue website. That way I save time and use my staff to serve customers in other ways, where more effective reasoning is needed than the day-to-day manual part.”

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Edmilson Sala
Edmilson Sala Customs Clearance Supervisor GEODIS
Lookup bots (Federal Revenue) FollowNet

Does FollowNet help win and keep end customers?

On the sales side, we show customers what we can offer in terms of systems. When we're closing with a customer, FollowNet comes in as a demonstration of our day-to-day work, and I've noticed customers like it. Customers feel comfortable; it's a tool they can count on.”

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Edmilson Sala
Edmilson Sala Customs Clearance Supervisor GEODIS
A commercial differentiator FollowNet

How does a customs broker stop doing manual lookups across several systems?

In the past, to register an import or export, I had to log into Mantra, Mercante, Siscomex, several systems. When I started working with e.Mix, especially with the bot, I set everything up inside the system. The bot fetches all the information and I no longer need to do one-off lookups: it brings me the information and fills in the part that belongs to the system. I finish with a check to register the shipments.”

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Mauricio Luis Carvalho
Mauricio Luis Carvalho Licensed Customs Broker
From paper to bots: lookups the system does for you FollowNet

What changes in customer service with automation?

With automation, success is in every shipment. What I used to do manually, like telling the customer the goods had been cleared or had arrived, and sending information to the Federal Revenue, FollowNet now does automatically within the system settings. That's why I say every shipment is a success story.”

Translated from Portuguese. The video is in Portuguese.

Mauricio Luis Carvalho
Mauricio Luis Carvalho Licensed Customs Broker
Every shipment becomes a success story FollowNet

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