Case Study: Volvo Construction Equipment achieves compliant, efficient customs clearance with Descartes

Volvo Construction Equipment - Customer Case Study

Volvo Construction Equipment, through Volvo Parts Ghent, needed an electronic customs clearance solution to meet EU compliance requirements, speed up declaration processing, reduce manual work, and support a multi-country customs environment. They also wanted predictable, usage-based costs and a single application for customs handling across multiple EU countries. Descartes addressed this need with Porthus.net Customs, along with its electronic archiving and managed services.

Descartes implemented an integrated, hosted solution that connected Volvo’s ERP system to customs authorities through its central platform, enabling end-to-end electronic declaration, clearance monitoring, and secure archiving of all transactions. As a result, Volvo gained immediate and permanent compliance, improved efficiency, reduced operational costs, and increased business continuity, while also creating a scalable foundation for future geographic expansion.

Volvo Construction Equipment