A White Paper by Ash Shukla, Chief Business Officer, Global Wave Dynamics

Enhancing Customs Brokerage Operations through a Global Competency Center: A Strategic Approach

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Introduction

Executive Summary

Global trade faces mounting complexity as regulations evolve, tariffs change, and supply chains expand. Customs brokers play a vital role in ensuring compliant, timely clearance of goods across borders. However, traditional decentralized brokerage operations encounter inefficiencies, inconsistencies, and compliance risks. This white paper explores how establishing a Global Competency Center (GCC) can centralize customs expertise, harmonize processes, and leverage digital technologies to transform customs brokerage into a streamlined, scalable, and compliant global operation.

The big question is — how do you keep delivering a luxury experience while staying lean, efficient, and profitable?

The answer lies in two things:

  • Building a Global Competency Center (GCC) to handle repeatable, non-core tasks
  • Using technology to simplify, automate, and connect your operations

Let’s break it down.

What’s Really Holding Part 135 Operators Back?

Most operational pain points for private jet companies come down to a few common themes:

Too Many Systems, Not Enough Connection

Every department uses its own tool — one for scheduling, another for crew management, another for maintenance. None of them talk to each other naturally. That means people waste hours doing manual data entry, chasing down updates, and fixing errors.

Expensive People Doing Low-Value Work

Your most skilled dispatchers and ops staff are spending time on things like:

Creating trip quotes
Filling out forms
Sending status updates
Booking hotels or ground transport for crew

These tasks are critical — but they’re not where your experts should spend most of their time.

What’s Really Holding Part 135 Operators Back?

Most operational pain points for private jet companies come down to a few common themes:

What’s Really Holding Part 135 Operators Back?

Most operational pain points for private jet companies come down to a few common themes:

Expensive People Doing Low-Value Work

Your most skilled dispatchers and ops staff are spending time on things like:

Creating trip quotes
Filling out forms
Sending status updates
Booking hotels or ground transport for crew

These tasks are critical — but they’re not where your experts should spend most of their time.