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Shoultz, MarineCFO?s Chief Technology Of cer describes it simply, as ?a holistic approach ? our software touches every aspect of the business.? Shoultz adds that a key strength of MarineCFO?s turnkey solution is its  exibility and adaptability to existing client systems. And, MarineCFO provides a  exible architecture allowing companies to describe the business rules, work ows and alerts required to manage and conform to internal or external regulations, such as the USCG 46 CFR Subchapter ?M? regulations. For clients who don?t want the  nancials (60 percent run the full suite), MarineCFO comes with pre- built adapters for Oracle, SAP, and most of the top and mid-market accounting systems. Shoultz adds, ?Even the 40 percent who don?t use our  nancials derive tremendous bene ts because we run our  nancials behind the scenes.? With modules that range from the full gamut of marine operations to  nancials, human resources and  eet management, Shoultz points to the MarineCFO dashboard, which provides a WEB-based view of Key Performance indicators (KPI?s). Busy executives don?t necessarily have to jump into the software; they can instead look at the web-based KPI?s. The software?s framework provides for analysis of what makes each client unique. MarineCFO?s Vessel Operations Live! Suite resides on the vessel with a local database and no dependency on outside connection. Connectivity is then established through what Shoultz describes as a replication strategy. He explains, ?This is highly con gurable. Anything that be done on shore can also be done on the boat and that data is replicated, back and forth.? When it comes to data communications, however, Shoultz Blue Sky SkyRout-er picture with Ma- rine Assets Tagged 30 MNJuly 2012