Brexit - Compliance and efficiency across a car supplier ecosystem
Business Case
How to ensure full Brexit compliance and efficiency across a car supplier ecosystem
Company: Worldwide leading car supplier
Business sector: Automotive
Solutions: Customs engineering and operations across a complex ecosystem of 17 plants in 9 countries, 50 carriers and 8 car makers plants.
Customer context
Like 3 in 4 companies in 2020 [1], our customer was not ready for Brexit disruption!
Business challenges
To be supported on a daily basis on a strategic and operational standpoint for Customs and transport
- Before Brexit
- To appraise the Brexit scope of flows and tackle car manufacturers’ expectations
- To ensure documentation compliance for Customs and transport
- After Brexit
- To ensure full coordination and reliability
GEFCO Solution
A competitive & secure solution across the Automotive ecosystem
Partnership set up between Customer & GEFCO
- Mirroring organisation GEFCO-Customer at central & local levels
- Flows analysis and related INCOTERM®, risks appraisal,
Preparation to phase 1
- Processes and documents review for compliance
- Streamlining of documentary processes and optimisation of customs procedures
Preparation to phase 2
- Key figures
- 17 plants - 9 countries
- 5,000+ customs clearances/year from/to GB
- GEFCO taskforce (Central project team, 15 Customs brokers)
- Communication and training program to ensure carriers' readiness to the GVMS declarations
Customs management &monitoring = 5,000 operations / year
- Full range of customs clearance operations (prelodged, transit …)
- Crisis management and backup solutions
Customer Benefits
Unlike 90% of the companies surveyed [2] in 2021, our customer have NOT experienced disruption in their ability to trade in and out of the EU, on the contrary!
- 100% compliance
- 100% security for the yearly 5,000 Customs & transport operations
- Cost & time efficiency
Key learnings
When it comes to successful global trade, holistic approach and planning are not just essential for compliance – it makes a real difference for business continuity.
- The value of preparation
- Acting ahead of deadlines
- Acting globally and cross-functionally across a full ecosystem
[1] IoD
[2] Beyond Brexit: The Realities of Brexit for UK-EU Cross Border Trade, Descartes, 2021.
How to ensure full Brexit compliance and efficiency across a car supplier ecosystem
Business case
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DownloadBrexit partnership
since 2020
9 countries – 17 plants
5,000 customs
declarations /year
Why GEFCO?
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Long-term expertise
- 70+ years Customs
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Brexit regulatory & engineering capabilities
- Taskforce in central and local levels
- Day to Day strategic and operational support
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Mirroring Brexit central & local organisation
- Customs + Transport
