Customs brokerage firms: proof from people who run it every day
Clearance, follow-up and the customer portal, in the words of FollowNet users.
Read the full guide →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.”
Translated from Portuguese. The video is in Portuguese.
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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Can the platform handle an operation with thousands of shipments a month?
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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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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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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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.”
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Proof on other topics
- → Spreadsheet vs. platform: what customers say
- → Management by exception: work by deviation, not by avalanche
- → Order-to-delivery visibility in practice: status and decisions in real time
- → e.Mix Model: a team that lives your operation, not just software
- → SLAs and service: predictability with partners
- → Freight forwarders: more shipments per analyst
- → Automation and technology in foreign trade: the gains in customers' words
- → Importers: what changes with order-to-delivery visibility
- → AI in foreign trade: what customers already experience
- → Demurrage and fines: control in practice
- → Automakers: volume, visibility and retention
- → Compliance and AEO: trust you can prove
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