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REPAIR & CONVERSION TECH FILES

Oxalis.io Aims to Streamline

Ship Repair Operations

In the business of ship repair, no two jobs are the same, surprises are the norm. Oxalis Ship

Repair System and TIP integration aims to rationalize the process for all involved parties.

“The Oxalis Ship Repair Solution is probably responsible for doing some (OSRS) recognizes the fact that ship re- amount of paperwork and using OSRS pair and maintenance is a team sport,” greatly reduces that time, making it a lot said Micah Waldstein, Director of Prod- easier to make sure that the right data is uct Management, Oxalis.io. “You’ve entered the ? rst time around.” got folks working on the deck plate, Data accuracy and security is para- you have subcontractors, you have the mount in any repair operation, particu- client, the owner, the certifying bod- larly so in regards to U.S. Navy work. ies, and OSRS exists to help coordinate “In the worst case (scenario) bad in- and collaborate between all of those formation gets to the customer, and in groups.” As anyone in the maritime the case of U.S. government jobs, often business knows, this ‘team sport’ is there’s big ? nancial penalties that come fraught with variables that, if left un- along with having that information in- checked, can rapidly escalate in cost correct,” said Waldstein. and complexity. The Oxalis.io solution, Jonathan Malanche is the founder and born to serve the U.S. Navy, is designed leader of Oxalis.io, a company head- to make the process more ef? cient. “So quartered in the Paci? c Northwest, pro- our TIP integration, speci? cally, is to viding solutions consulting and services help shipyards in the U.S. working with to multipele industries, including the

Image courtesy Oxalis the U.S. Navy,” said Waldstein. “With maritime ship repair industry. “This (so-

Jonathan Malanche is the founder

OSRS you can collect information from lution) is for ship repair organizations and leader of Oxalis.io.

wherever it’s happening in your yard, that also potentially have ship building

Watch the full interview perform an internal QA cycle, and then capacity as well, doing both commer- with Oxalis at: submit it directly into the system while cial and U.S. Government work,” said bit.ly/3s7yS4D greatly reducing the administrative Malanche. “When it comes to govern- overhead of having to copy from – at ment interaction, that’s where things get worst paper forms, or best shared Ex- more challenging for most ship repair cel sheets – into the online interface.” organizations. There’s a lot of regula-

It’s aim is to greatly reduce errors by tory compliance. There’s also a lot of validating, making sure that all of the integration needs and a lot of required data is right, before it gets to the end reporting in data that needs to make its customer. way into those government bodies. So this system is all about addressing that

Time is Money collaboration and teamwork that needs

Ship repair is obviously a hands-on to happen to reduce errors and emis- endeavor, but as with any other indus- sions. This is about communication, trial operation, preparation and organi- collaboration and teamwork in a system zation is paramount to success. “OSRS that encapsulates it all.” While it serves helps save yards time in a couple of dif- other industries, Malanche maintains ferent ways,” said Waldstein. “First in that “Oxalis is very much a maritime ship repair, there’s a lot of hidden ad- industry focused ? rm; it’s the majority ministrative costs. Everyone at the yard of our portfolio of clientele.” 40 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • January 2021

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