Irish wood-based panel manufacturer Medite SmartPly has announced a “game-changing” partnership with Europe’s leading customs clearance experts to process more than 10,000 declarations per year. Medite SmartPly says its collaboration with Customs Support Group (CSG) will “revolutionise” its supply chain operations by boosting throughput and establishing a new benchmark for speed and accuracy. Medite SmartPly is a subsidiary of Coillte, Ireland’s state-owned forestry company, and produces MDF and OSB panels from its manufacturing hubs in Clonmel and Waterford, close to Ireland’s major ports. However, it needed a seamless customs clearance operation to take advantage of its strategic location and service its key export markets, most notably the United Kingdom post-Brexit. To address this, CSG has utilised its advanced AI capabilities to create an interface which integrates Medite SmartPly’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) system with its customs system.