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TERMINAL OPERATING SOFTWARE and help YILPORT to reach their strategic targets. rable. “We’re in about 350 terminals around the world. And so when you’re building software for a global market, you have to make the software highly con?gurable in order to meet the different work?ow

The End of Siloed Data Streams

Andy Barrons, Navis Chief Strategy Of?cer Andy Barrons processes or different ways they want to use the functionality. For ex- describes the compass application as one which seamlessly con- ample, we’re working on what’s called BI Portal Analytics and Ops solidates multiple data sets into a single view. “Imagine you’re Monitoring dashboards. The user can see what happened when they running a very busy terminal, you’ve got multiple vessel arrivals, worked that last vessel and how that can be improved in the future.

you’ve got multiple berths – how do you manage optimize the At Navis, the current view is that data is the biggest untapped planning of all those vessel visits? Compass provides an over- asset in terminals. Capturing, combining and analyzing that stove- view that can be shared amongst multiple end users within the piped data will eventually drive innovation, says Barrons. Previous terminal. It’s a change in the planning paradigm, to some extent, improvements involve terminal design, automation, and increased because you’ve got a team view.” productivity. Looking ahead, Compass is an example of how data

According to Barrons, the next level of Compass comes when that is sitting in multiple different places within a core system can be the software starts to learn, recognizing the process and can start brought together so that the planning process is easier – and faster.

to be proactive in making a recommendation if there’s an excep- tion in a particular work ?ow. “Ultimately, that’s where Compass

Compass Points the Way will develop. The software is looking at all the data and then mak- As terminals evolve, the terminal operating systems that help ing decisions of what’s the next best move in the terminal.” them get the job done will also become more sophisticated. That

The initial release of Compass is for terminal planners only. It sophistication, however, translates into easier metrics, a single facilitates end-to-end planning for vessel visits, by the team in the source view of all data streams that, in turn, will produce greater terminal. Over time, the Navis vision is to connect other planning ef?ciencies. Andy Barrons sums it up neatly by saying, “It is real- operations within the terminal – barge planning, truck planning, ly about continuously improving operational performance within etc. Barrons explains further, “What’s exciting about Compass is these critical nodes in the supply chain.” that it is the start of a new kind of planning paradigm. Compass For its part, YILPORT already uses the Navis N4 Terminal takes advantage of new technology we’re employing called ‘Navis Operating System (TOS) at 9 terminals and they are working

Smart.’ And, why that’s exciting for customers, is that you can build to standardize on N4 as their TOS for their strategic terminals. applications on top of the core TOS without having to upgrade the YILPORT’s long term vision is to become a top 10 global port system. A core operating system, you have to upgrade from time operator by 2025. The numbers indicate that the company is well to time, to get the new functionality to your team in the terminal.” on its way to achieving this target. Recently, YILPORT Holding

Through Navis Smart, functionality is delivered much faster to a was ranked as the 12th biggest international terminal operator in terminal than it was ever to be done in the past. As a starting point, the world (source: Drewry’s 2017 ranking). As they grow, it looks says Barrons, one of the strengths of Navis is that it is highly con?gu- like Navis will be a big part of their ongoing success.

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