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Transforming Customs operations management teams into strategic players

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WCO News, World Customs Organisation, 94, February 2021

March 11, 2021

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Transforming Customs operations management teams into strategic players

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Topic: IT systems, databases risk management
Tag: artificial intelligence (AI) online tools for business

Within companies, Customs operations management teams are typically slow to adopt new technology. Yet by adopting trade software solutions, they could centralize and automate their Customs and trade compliance processes and harness the value of data, saving time and money and informing strategic decisions. Although this article mainly addresses companies, it is also of interest to Customs administrations who want to understand the solutions and tools that are available on the market and that enable companies to modernize their Customs and trade compliance processes.

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