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e.Mix Model: a team that lives your operation, not just software

What customers say about implementation, support and continuous improvement.

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How would you recommend FollowNet to someone evaluating it?

Take a good look at FollowNet: at first its size can be intimidating, but once you understand the system improvements it brings to the team, you'll really like it. It's complete and complex, but easy to work with. I'd tell people: trust it, it'll work.”

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Daniel Cunskis
Daniel Cunskis Gateway Manager DSV
Recommendation (trust it, it'll work) FollowNet

What sets e.Mix apart from just selling software?

Beyond the process and the follow-up system, all this additional experience is your differentiator. You're not there just to sell the system and say goodbye: you provide support and bring new features. For me, that's what sets e.Mix apart.”

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Luciano Braga
Luciano Braga Foreign Trade Coordinator Positivo Tecnologia
e.Mix Model: a team that lives your operation FollowNet One

Is e.Mix a vendor or a long-term partner?

e.Mix genuinely wants the customer to always be satisfied. I see it as a great partnership, since FollowNet today is a work partner for the operations team.”

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Mayumi Iura
Mayumi Iura Foreign Trade Specialist Positivo Tecnologia
Long-term partnership FollowNet One

What sets the e.Mix Model apart from generic software?

This tool has evolved a lot as a concept. Before, it was used almost like a logbook, where shipments passed through and were cataloged. Here we use it to its core, with all the preventive features it brings. The methodology e.Mix implements is something I haven't found anywhere else in the market.”

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Eloi Filho
Eloi Filho Customs Clearance Director LOX Shipping
e.Mix Model (prevention) FollowNet

Does e.Mix follow the professional from company to company over the years?

This relationship started back at Agility, when I was looking for innovation. Since then, e.Mix has been with me at Agility, DSV, GEODIS and now here at LOX. Everywhere I went, I found you, right from the start.”

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Eloi Filho
Eloi Filho Customs Clearance Director LOX Shipping
A long-standing relationship FollowNet

Why do professionals who leave miss e.Mix?

I can't see myself working without e.Mix today. People who worked with us and went to other companies always say the same thing: I really miss e.Mix. It's because of the methodology, the tools, the ease of use, the lookups and the automations. When we talk about e.Mix, we're talking about follow-up excellence.”

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Eloi Filho
Eloi Filho Customs Clearance Director LOX Shipping
Follow-up excellence FollowNet

Why choose e.Mix after benchmarking the market?

Benchmarking and looking at the market, I came to you; it was a dream. It's been seven months, going on eight, and we're happy, because you have a profile of bringing more and more added value.”

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Chosen after benchmarking FollowNet

Do the people behind the platform make a difference in implementation?

The main pillar behind the e.Mix logo, the Crane logo and any great company is people. That's one of your differentiators: starting the process on site, with the team coming from São Paulo to Rio and Campinas. And the people on the team come from our own industry, which brings visibility.”

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A team that lives your operation FollowNet

Is the platform a buy-and-forget tool, or does it evolve with the operation?

Our relationship with e.Mix is ongoing; we have four projects underway. Companies can't think they install the platform and that's it forever; it depends on what the customer needs. It's a relationship that keeps changing, because we're always in need of development and in continuous improvement.”

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Carolina Póvoa
Carolina Póvoa Branch Manager, Freight Forwarding DSV
Continuous improvement FollowNet

Does the platform evolve with the operation, or does it stay rigid?

Today we already have other projects in development with e.Mix. We started with follow-up and now we also have PO management. The company can add more to the product it has already sold; it doesn't get locked in, unlike other systems that are closed.”

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Luciano Braga
Luciano Braga Foreign Trade Coordinator Positivo Tecnologia
A platform that evolves (PO) FollowNet One

What are e.Mix's implementation and monthly follow-up like?

During implementation we saw the analyst's willingness to meet every demand of the project, especially with users used to Excel, which accepts anything. It's hard to tell users that something works up to a point and then doesn't. And in the monthly meetings I see the care taken to show us the tickets, how they're being handled and what's on stand-by.”

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Mayumi Iura
Mayumi Iura Foreign Trade Specialist Positivo Tecnologia
Implementation and follow-up FollowNet One

What makes a customer not want to switch systems?

When you have a partner that keeps developing, you don't feel like switching. If your partner has stopped developing, that's when you start looking at the market. Information is what we sell most today. We are freight forwarders, but communication is what we sell most today.”

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Daniel Cunskis
Daniel Cunskis Gateway Manager DSV
A partner that evolves, with no urge to switch FollowNet

How does the relationship with e.Mix change over the years?

Since I returned to DSV, we already had this relationship with e.Mix, and it's a relationship that keeps changing over the years, because new customers come in with new demands and other customers leave.”

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Carolina Póvoa
Carolina Póvoa Branch Manager, Freight Forwarding DSV
A relationship that evolves with the customer portfolio FollowNet

What does it mean to have the system as a partner for the operations team?

e.Mix genuinely wants the customer to always be satisfied. I see it as a great partnership, since FollowNet today is a work partner for the operations team.”

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Mayumi Iura
Mayumi Iura Foreign Trade Specialist Positivo Tecnologia
The system as a work partner FollowNet One

Is it an ordinary vendor relationship or joint development?

The people who work in your department come from our own industry, and that brings a visibility we sometimes don't see. The exchange becomes richer: I give you my demand and you bring the solution, or vice versa. There are bridges you can bring, or that we bring and you haven't developed yet, and we join forces to reach the next level.”

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I bring the demand, you bring the solution FollowNet

After the sale, does the vendor disappear or stay by your side?

That's one of your big differentiators: after you sell the product, we keep discussing how it can improve. You point out to me: Antonio, this could be better, you're not getting this out of the system. The team has improved a lot, but we can never be satisfied; we always have to pursue excellence, and customers benefit from that.”

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After-sales that keeps pushing for improvement FollowNet

Is e.Mix new, or does it have a track record in foreign trade technology?

I got to know e.Mix in my very first year as an intern. At the time, it was a surprise to see such a well-developed software, with dashboards and automatic performance reports that we received. It was quite disruptive, and we're talking about 2005, 2006. That was my first contact with e.Mix, and it was very rewarding for me.”

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Carolina Póvoa
Carolina Póvoa Branch Manager, Freight Forwarding DSV
Disruptive since 2005 (20 years on the road) FollowNet

What was implementation like, from day zero to operation?

From day zero, the implementation kick-off, it was excellent and very clear. We had training not only with IT but also with the operations team. There was a lot of proactivity in gathering data, implementing and checking which custom reports and screens were needed to make the operation more agile. It was highly tailored to the way the company worked, and I don't remember any stress or problem after implementation.”

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Fernando Perel
Fernando Perel Independent Consultant Consultor Independente
Clear implementation, from kick-off to execution FollowNet

Do the values e.Mix publishes show up in practice?

It's rare to have such a close relationship between vendor and customer, and e.Mix lives the values you put on your own website. In practice you see that they're not phrases written to look good; you notice it day to day, and I noticed it even after my cycle at that company ended. The biggest customers have complex processes, with different tariff classifications, and the platform mitigates any risk of human error. They're all success stories: every customer processed through the platform is a success story.”

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Fernando Perel
Fernando Perel Independent Consultant Consultor Independente
Values that aren't just slogans FollowNet

Is the system rigid, or does it evolve with customer suggestions?

One of e.Mix's great advantages is its openness in the relationship with the customer: it's not a system locked to whoever created it. There's a lot of openness in conversation, in adapting and even in creating new tools. My interaction was always very intense, suggesting alternatives, and the best part is that they were taken on, studied, checked and sometimes implemented. That care with the communication flow between customer and e.Mix made all the difference, instead of arriving with a finished system, the take-it-or-leave-it kind.”

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Marcius Nascimento
Marcius Nascimento Independent Consultant
An open system: suggestions taken on and implemented FollowNet

Can you set up automatic clearance inside the company with e.Mix's support?

I mainly work on configurations to prepare the system and put automatic clearance in place inside companies. I work alongside e.Mix's professionals to tell them what I need, and I count on the training and all the support they give me at all times, so that every day I improve my product, which is making the importer's and exporter's process easier and automated.”

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Mauricio Luis Carvalho
Mauricio Luis Carvalho Licensed Customs Broker
Automatic clearance set up with e.Mix's support FollowNet

How far does the system's role in the operation go?

It's a very powerful system: it takes the place of my manager; I'd hardly need a manager, because the e.Mix system plays that role. But that requires a relationship of trust, because e.Mix gets access to relevant company information, the activity, the customers. I've trusted e.Mix for many years and I wouldn't give it up: it saves us a lot of time.”

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Silvio César
Silvio César Licensed Customs Broker Brazinter
The system takes the manager's place FollowNet

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