Derry Bros has harnessed AI to help streamline the movement of live animals, animal products, high-risk food and feed, and certain plant products through customs.
The company, which has its headquarters in Armargh, Northern Ireland, has used advanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and AI technology to make it possible to generate time consuming Common Health Entry Documents (CHEDs) in less than one minute.
CHEDs, which were introduced after Brexit, are mandatory for the import of specific animal-and plant-based goods in the UK and EU, ensuring compliance with sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) regulations.
They show that goods meet the required health standards, and as such, are used for notification, checks, and validation at border controls.
Colin Robb, Derry Bros head of operations and sales, said: “This latest customs innovation represents a major step forward for cross-border operations between the UK, Ireland and EU, enabling the generation of CHEDs in under 45 seconds.
“The feature significantly reduces the time previously required for this process, while minimising the risk of human error.”
Derry Bros’ automation has been developed to simplify the creation and validation of CHEDS within the TRACES-NT online platform, which the company said ensures greater levels of speed, accuracy and efficiency.
Robb added: “We are continually improving and adapting our cross-border solutions with advanced digital systems and features.
“The new CHEDs functionality is one of multiple enhancements we have planned for our Digicom platform this year, which ensures we are best placed to comply with new and existing requirements for our supply chain customers.
“It also means we can help reduce the need for human intervention, improve the accuracy of any documentation and achieve faster processing to avoid unnecessary costs, delays and operational risk.”
