Advisory
Automation of customs processes
Benefit from our expertise in the field of process digitalisation to automate your Customs operations.
The international context creates new challenges for companies operating globally regarding the flexibility of their sourcing model, the transparency and resilience of their supply chain, and their ability to satisfy customer demand. Very often, such challenges are addressed by revisiting the operating model of trade departments and evolving towards a higher level of automation of their Customs & Global Trade Compliance processes, whether it concerns supply chain assessment, pre-filing, filing, or post-filing activities.
What we do
How we help.
Our Customs digitalisation experts can help your organisation by offering the following services:
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Review and assessment of your current customs-related processes;
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Identification of areas where automation can be beneficial;
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Modelling and design of – to be automated – processes;
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Implementation of the automated processes from specification, build and test, to deployment and maintenance;
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Transition & change management, follow-up, and continuous improvement of automated processes.
The results you can expect
What you get out of it.
Strengthened compliance
Automated Customs processes allow for strengthened compliance through the early detection and reduction of errors, following a ‘Sense – See – Understand – Act’ operating pattern.
Improved processes
Automation discharges compliance practitioners from repetitive tasks where human-added value is not required. As a result, they can focus on those tasks where automation is either impossible or too costly, thus improving the overall efficiency of the organisation.
Cost optimisation
Automation allows the processing of a large number of tasks that would incur important costs, or take too long, if done manually. Done the right way, automation can become an important factor in cost reduction.
Selected work
Where we've put this to work.
Inward Processing Relief
Vivansa integrated a ViCS Goods Accounting module into Lear Corporation UK's Control Tower — the platform now commercialised as Viictor — eliminating customs duty and VAT on goods processed for re-export or customer transfer, with full compliance.
Read the story Lear Corporation UKA smart Control Tower for Brexit
When Brexit reshaped UK customs, Lear Corporation UK partnered with Vivansa to build a smart Control Tower — the middleware that bridges their enterprise systems to customs filing, and the foundation Viictor is built on.
Read the story HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)lxr.CCN Gateway implementation for HMRC
Strategic connectivity solution simplifies cross-border customs data exchange for the UK's leading revenue authority. Our lxr.CCN connector enabled HMRC to establish a standardised, fault-tolerant hub for applications requiring CCN access — processing hundreds of millions of messages annually while ensuring compliance with evolving EU regulations, including complex Brexit transitions.
Read the story Lear Corporation UKPreliminary Analysis
Before the build, Vivansa ran the year-long analysis that turned Lear Corporation UK's customs compliance into a strategy — the gap analysis, business case, and architecture that framed the Control Tower.
Read the story AB InBevAB InBev — EMCS Austria implementation
Vivansa implemented an end-to-end automated Excise Movement Control System (EMCS) solution for AB InBev's Austrian operations. Building on our earlier implementation at their Luxembourg brewery, the cloud-based eOUI platform delivered a comprehensive set of customs-compliance services while integrating with existing systems — with significant efficiency improvements and excellent reliability.
Read the story Heintz van LandewyckAutomated excise declaration management at Landewyck Tobacco
When Luxembourg-based Landewyck Tobacco faced time-consuming manual excise operations, Vivansa's cloud-based eOUI solution transformed their excise declaration processes into a fully automated, SAP-integrated system — delivering measurable efficiencies and significant cost savings while ensuring 99.95% availability.
Read the storyLet's talk it through.
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