DCS Sherpa Program

Alongside each Everest explorer, there is a sherpa making the climb safe. Let us be yours in your journey to success in the perilous and ever changing world of cross-border trade

Customs procedures play a key role in the modern supply chain. A good setup based on digital solutions brought by cutting edge technology such as blockchain can save precious time and simultaneously optimize the financial and fiscal impact of international trade to a company.

At DCS, navigating trade and customs strategy as well as day-to-day operations is our core business so that it doesn’t have to be yours. Our approach is essentially business orientated. We work with you to develop strategies which provide the optimum trade and customs treatment consistent with your business objectives.

The first simple step is to talk to us and we can quickly give you an idea of the potential value. Then you’ll know what you’re dealing with and how we might help. From that point on, we become your sherpa in the perilous world of customs compliance and cross-border trade regulations and tariffs.

Your each cross-border trade transaction is a new journey to the summit that we tirelessly guide you to reach perfection that has one definition on our minds:

effective, compliant and risk-free customs operations

We have meticulously engineered our support services to assist you optimize your customs operations and designed 9 camps to make your journey to the summit safe

CLIENT IDENTIFICATION & ONBOARDING

The Basecamp

Our onboarding process is key to our success as a company because onboarding clients represent the basis of the relationship and their first experience with the us. Although today, more of the onboarding is done automatically, the core of it remains the human interaction between the account manager and the client. They work together to understand the specific business challenges, design processes and strategies that will fit the client’s needs.

INTEGRATION & DIGITIZATION

Camp 1

Organizations embark on digital transformation journey with the key objectives of improving operational efficiency, productivity, high standards in safety and compliance. At DCS, we see safe and incorruptible data flow as the core of our business and value proposition to our clients. At DCS our digital integration capability varies from the simplest ones such as excel sheet import and FTP to most elaborate technologies available such as API and Blockchain.

COMMODITY IDENTIFICATION & REGISTRATION

Camp 2

This is the stage we complete your commodity database. All items subject to your export are categorized and cataloged under the supervision of our customs brokers. Once this stage is complete, our system will have learned about your cross-border trade and provide you with the exact  tariff for every transaction.

This data is the key for your risk-free and compliant customs clearance.

AUTOMATED CUSTOMS TRANSACTIONS

Camp 3

DCS Automated Customs Transactions software brings digital acceleration to data transfer amongst all parties of a cross-border trade transaction. Our state of the art software seamlessly delivers the data all stakeholders need to minimize risk factor and optimize effectiveness in modern foreign trade. With the use of DCS-OGI, we minimize human interaction and optimize effectiveness and efficiency in our services.

REALTIME CUSTOMS OPERATIONS PERFORMANCE TRACKING

Camp 4

In the fast spinning world of international trade, coherent data and timely access to it constitute the very basis of risk management in effective supply chain management.   With our online tools, we give our clients the possibility to monitor their performance in real-time for all individual transactions in all of the Turkish Customs.

With the use of real-time customs operations tracking portal our clients follow up on milestones and accepted time slots to work proactively with service level agreements and deadlines, reduce costs by mitigating or avoiding delays and errors, act proactively and reduce workload with pre-breach warnings and they are able to execute their own monitoring routines.

OVERALL CUSTOMS OPERATIONS PERFORMANCE REPORTING

Camp 5

We, at DCS, are committed to reduce your workload by giving you ready-made reports covering all aspects of your customs operations. You will spend no more time filtering data manually and you will make quicker decisions with an aligned view within the company. Our standard report package will provide you with the overview you need, delivered as reports per customer number and as consolidated reports. Add in tailor-made reports designed by DCS to get even more out of your reporting.

INDEPENDENT PERFORMANCE MONITORING

Camp 6

The evolving development trends and practices include the heightened expectations of clients for more accountability, transparency and proof of the effectiveness of customs transactions. This has shifted the focus towards a more quantifiable, results based and data-driven approach to performance. With this in mind, DCS has launched a  program conducted by external, independent auditors to monitoring and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of our customs clearance operations as well as their compliance with all related laws, rules and regulations. The M&E report is sent directly from the auditors to our client. This is how, DCS shows its commitment to top level accountability and transparency.

INTEGRITY & SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE REPORTING

Camp 7

DCS is committed to conducting its business activities in an honest, ethical, respectful, and professional manner. We also recognize the immensity of our responsibility in managing the integrity risks on behalf of our clients in their customs operations. DCS is also aware of the sustainability principles its clients operate under.

You shall find all information you need for your extended enterprise integrity risk management assessment along with a highly coherent set of data for your risk management metrics and sustainability reporting obligations.

CLIENT CUSTOMS OPERATIONS PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION

Camp 8

The pursuit of perfection is the corporate mantra of DCS. In our bespoke performance report will guide you in optimizing your internal business processes to avoid unwanted delays and unnecessary costs in your foreign trade transactions.

Let DCS-Analytics provide you with the insights you need to improve your business. Identify improvement possibilities, spot tendencies and respond to divergences.

EFFECTIVE, COMPLIANT AND RISK-FREE CUSTOMS OPERATIONS

The Summit

Alongside each Everest explorer, there is a sherpa making the climb safe. We are yours in your journey to success in the perilous and ever-changing world of cross-border trade.

Your every transaction is a new climb that has to go perfectly safe and efficient. You can count on our professionalism, expertise and dedication to perfection to optimize your cross-border trade effectiveness and safety.