The business services tools are provided against a low monthly usage fee -typically a few hundred Euros per month- and a volume dependant transaction fee -typically 1-2 Euros. All apps are accessible from mobile devices like handhelds and mobile phones, and all apps are prepared for collaboration. The terminal users can share selected information with internal stakeholders, external partners like customers or suppliers, or publish on own public website or to corporate Facebook and Twitter accounts.
All data transfer from the terminal TOS to the hosted platform is safe-guarded by embedded encryption and business transaction and collaborative services are provided on arl-shipping.com’s cloud servers secured by personal credentials.
arl-shipping.com’s director and CEO, René Bendt states “We think in arl-shipping.com, that it is about time the terminal industry -like other industries- gets to benefit from business systems provided in the cloud on pay-as-you-go financial schemes. Hence we are launching a number of new platforms and redeploying most of existing solutions to the cloud”. He continues: “The business tools are all easy & fast to deploy, include a minimum footprint within the terminal’s own IT infrastructure, are without any upfront investments and are born as collaborative tools with mobile access.”
First platforms:
- Call Performance, automatically measure and share berth-moves-per-hour and more handling performance figures upon vessel handling completion: (http://www.arl-shipping.com/terminals/cpf-home)
- Yard Clash Predictor, identify yard clashes in time to prevent them from delaying operations: (http://www.arl-shipping.com/terminals/ycp);
- Shift Performance, measurement of shift productivity instantly upon shift completion: (http://www.arl-shipping.com/terminals/sdb).