Automation is a supply chain, not a single step
The TSS API automates one link — submission. If you want a genuinely automated pipeline, you need to automate what happens before it too.
Upstream: document ingest and extraction
Invoices, packing lists and transport documents need to be read, parsed and normalised. This is where roughly two-thirds of the operational cost sits.
Middle: validation and enrichment
Commodity codes, weights, authorisations, missing fields. The TSS API automation guide is clear that acceptance by the API is not the same as correctness.
Downstream: submission and monitoring
Send the declaration, capture the response, route errors to the right owner and measure acceptance rates.
See how iCustoms wires all three together — Watch a demo.
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