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Value-added Customs Solutions
Does your international business need support for customs procedures and obligations?
GEODIS can serve as your growth partner through a broad range of services that ensure consistent and compliant trade activities. We're experts in conducting the import and export formalities required to comply with regulations and avoid risk for your business.
We also provide value-added customs solutions throu...
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3PL (Third-Party Logistics Provider)
An organization that manages and executes a particular logistics function, using its own assets and resources, on behalf of another company.
4PL (Fourth-Party Logistics Provider)
The term "4PL" was introduced into the supply chain to convey that deep informational technology ...
Express, Courier and Groupage
As a Distribution transport expert and the final link in the GEODIS supply chain, we represent your brand towards your customers. We offer a wide selection of product delivery options, full geographic coverage and the comprehensive management of your packages straight to the customer's door – effectively, optimizing your transportation needs. This helps bring you closer to your customers by combin...
Barge-Road Transport
Our waterway and maritime solutions offer very concrete economic and operational benefits such as the transportation of oversized goods, the circumvention of movement restrictions in large cities, and even expedited arrival at port hubs. Our approach offers very competitive rates for goods that are able to cope with longer shipping times or storage time at the port of departure/arrival.
Customs Classification
Customs regulations are notoriously complex and rapidly evolving. At GEODIS, we use our proven competence centers and extensive experience in global customs procedures to provide support for your products' classifications. This will help your company comply with regulations, pay the correct customs tariffs, and avoid delays, fines and penalties – while you focus on your core business.
Free-Trade Zone (FTZ)
A Free-Trade Zone (also called a Foreign-Trade zone) is an area within a facility where goods may be landed, stored, handled and re-exported under specific customs regulations, and generally not subject to customs duty. GEODIS’ expertise in Free-Trade Zone (FTZ) solutions help you admit foreign origin merchandise without having to pay taxes or duties until they are transferred to a domestic market...
Customs Control Tower
GEODIS' Customs Control Tower can coordinate your customs flows in countries across the globe, based on standardized customs clearance procedures conducted by GEODIS in these countries. A single point of contact and a dedicated web portal will help you achieve a full overview and management status of your imported and exported goods from/to different parts of the world, all under GEODIS' close sup...
Direct-to-Store logistics
The growth of direct-to-consumer distribution can add to the complexity of your supply chain, and demands flexibility and greater visibility over inbound and outbound flows. To deal with the ever-changing aspects of the Retail market, GEODIS’ value proposition changes the game, and moves beyond the traditional way of doing things.
Multimodal and Cross-border Transport
Nearshoring is fast becoming a Retail trend, with many stakeholders concentrated across several countries in one geographical zone. Destinations are just as plentiful and diverse, which means complex cross-border logistics must achieve their time, cost and revenue objectives. At GEODIS, we use proven expertise to adapt to each country’s logistics and customs laws, regulations and documentation. We...
Last Mile and Store-related Solutions
Transporting goods from a Distribution Center (DC) to the final point of sale comes with its own logistics constraints and requirements. GEODIS offers an array of services up until the last mile and the last minute, including help for a new product launch or store opening, and more.
When it comes to a brand's promise to match User Experience (UX) & Customer Experience (CX), last mile delivery...