Company

Nexans autoelectric GmbH is an internationally active automotive supplier headquartered in Floß (Bavaria). Since its founding in 1966, the company has specialized in the development and manufacturing of drive harnesses, on-board networks, wiring solutions for electric vehicles, as well as comfort and safety components. With approximately 13,600 employees worldwide, Nexans autoelectric also offers solutions for process automation and supports OEMs in the electrification of modern vehicle architectures.

Challenge

With up to 1,000 customs operations per month that needed to be accurately and consistently classified, Nexans autoelectric was seeking a way to ensure the quality and consistency of processes across locations—while saving time.

The manual processing was labor-intensive, error-prone, and required extensive expertise. A central control function was missing, as was an efficient way to reliably manage large volumes of product data. A scalable, digital solution was required to meet the increasing demands.

Solution

With traide AI, Nexans autoelectric was able to significantly reduce the high manual effort associated with customs classification and noticeably ease the daily work for its employees:

• Transparent, AI-supported suggestions for selecting the appropriate tariff number – including justification of the customs classification results

• Direct references to vZTA, TARIC, Notes, and explanatory notes for well-founded decisions

• Multiple review options for flexible and secure customs classification

• AI-guided processes with feedback that enhance quality and help prevent errors

• traideGo for quick, flexible customs classification of individual shipments

• traideCompliance for central management and structured processing of large volumes of articles

Results

The introduction of traide AI quickly brought noticeable benefits to Nexans autoelectric:

• ⏱ Over 80% time savings in the daily classification of products

• 🔁 Reduced manual interventions, significant relief for employees

• 📊 More transparency and traceability in every customs decision

• 🧠 Significantly lower error rates thanks to AI logic and structured review

• 💡 High user-friendliness and intuitive interface – minimum training effort despite complex tasks

• 🌍 Consistent approach across locations through a central platform

“With traide AI, we have gained efficiency and saved over 80% in time. The AI-guided process and active feedback significantly relieve individual employees, allowing them to focus on other topics.”

– Thorsten Hartwig, Head of Customs EMEA, Nexans autoelectric

Conclusion

With traide AI, Nexans autoelectric has elevated its customs processes to a new level. The combination of intelligent technology, intuitive user guidance, and well-founded decision bases provides noticeable relief in daily operations and creates clear added value for the entire export team.

“The implementation of traide AI has allowed us to increase our efficiency and minimize errors in product classification. We see significant improvements in our daily operations and greatly value the flexibility of the solutions.”

– Thorsten Hartwig, Head of Customs EMEA, Nexans autoelectric