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lutions built upon the smart leveraging a digital competitive edge is added by source various, different off-the-shelf who would hitherto have had to chase of “big data”. With a fully-functioning the fact that V.Ships owns the technol- systems, then praying that these can be up several separate teams – operations, ship management system in place, the ogy and the IT stack, meaning that the successfully integrated. procurement, ? nance, etc – but who long-term value of obtaining detailed, platform represents a one-stop-shop as a Another obvious bene? t for ship man- would now be able to access all of the real-time ? nancial information about digital solution, with well over 100 apps agement providers equipped with a tool same resources from the one convenient vessels, ? eets and business dealings – serving real-time data to V.Group clients such as ShipSure 2.0 is the ability to pass and secure platform, even when out of invoices, transactions, etc. – is incalcu- This circumvents the inconvenience and economies of scale, and a comprehen- the of? ce.

lable. Digital management systems can likely technological pitfalls of having to sive, joined-up view, onto ship owners also streamline major HR tasks such as crew sourcing, crew recruitment and as- signing roles – while also keeping crew member themselves in the loop with apps designed for their use. In addition, the deployment of a completely inte- grated digital management tool means that business performance can be closely monitored, goods and services transac- tions controlled and rati? ed, and regu- ® latory compliance managed. The latter

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