Import operations
Take your international purchase from supplier to plant with the operation under control.
Your team keeps the business decisions and approval points. Tandom structures the operation and coordinates suppliers, documentation, payment, production, shipment, customs clearance and delivery.
One plan for every participant. Your company approves the product, supplier, budget and critical milestones. Tandom organizes execution and flags exceptions.
From order to dock
Make six decisions before each stage advances.
Each milestone ends with an owner, evidence and an approval. Payment, production and shipment do not advance with open assumptions.
- 01
Define the structure.
Choose the operating model, participants, Incoterm, scope and schedule.
Output: approved plan - 02
Prepare the product.
Organize the NCM code, attributes, licences, requirements and required documents.
Output: data ready - 03
Close the cash plan.
Align supplier terms, source of funds, taxes and FX.
Structure the cash cycle → - 04
Control the order.
Track production, inspection when applicable and release for shipment.
Output: cargo released - 05
Freeze the documents.
Validate freight and documents before shipment and track transit.
Output: shipment dossier - 06
Deliver and close.
Coordinate customs clearance, plant delivery and operation reconciliation.
Output: operation closed
Operating structure
Choose the operating model before moving the money.
The decision starts with four questions: who buys, who provides the funds, who clears the goods and how the merchandise reaches your company.
| Operating model | Purchase abroad | Resources | Customs clearance | Brazil-side relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct importDirect operation | Purchase abroadYour company | ResourcesYour company | Customs clearanceIn your company's name | Brazil-side relationshipYour company's own international purchase |
| On-behalf-of importIndirect import | Purchase abroadYour company, as the actual buyer | ResourcesYour company | Customs clearanceImporter, acting on your company's behalf | Brazil-side relationshipService provided to the actual buyer |
| Predetermined-order importPurchase and resale | Purchase abroadImporter | ResourcesImporter, under the contracted structure | Customs clearanceIn the importer's name | Brazil-side relationshipResale to the predetermined buyer |
The appropriate operating model depends on the transaction and on tax, corporate, FX and regulatory analysis. The parties need the applicable registrations and links.
Modular engagement
Bring us in where your operation needs support.
You can engage us for the full journey or preserve the supplier, team and partners that already work.
Before supplier selection.
Find, compare and qualify new factories before deciding.
See the sourcing process →With a supplier selected.
Structure the purchase and coordinate the operation through delivery.
Plan the operation →At a critical stage.
Reinforce documentation, payment, shipment or arrival without replacing the entire chain.
Describe the critical point →Operation governance
Keep decisions with your company and execution organized.
The plan identifies who decides, who coordinates and who performs each regulated activity.
- Your company
- Defines and approves the product, supplier, budget and critical milestones.
- Tandom
- Structures the plan, coordinates participants and keeps open items visible.
- Authorized parties
- Perform import, FX, credit, customs and other applicable regulated activities.
When it fits
Use Tandom for a purchase that can be planned.
The best fit combines industrial relevance, a defined specification and time to decide before shipment.
Best fit
- Recurring or material industrial purchases
- A selected supplier or an already-structured search
- An operation with plannable milestones and approvals
Not the best fit
- Retail purchases or very small one-off orders
- Maintenance emergencies with no time for qualification
- An order that must ship before the structure is validated
Next operation
Start with the purchase your company is already planning.
We map the starting point, open decisions and the path to your plant.
If you already have this information, it helps. You do not need to prepare it before the first conversation:
- product, supplier and country of origin
- value, volume and required date
- Incoterm and payment terms, if defined
- current structure and main concern
You can start by simply explaining the context.
You do not need to define the solution or prepare files before the first conversation.
Start a conversation No commitment. You decide whether there is a useful next step.