Applications written include:-

• Stock control / ordering systems
• Accounting
• Order entry
• Invoicing
• Purchasing
• Personnel
• Insurance systems
• Job rostering
• Ship damage reporting and response tracking
• Statutory software for ship "loadline" certification
• Statutory software for calculating approved ship window sizes/thicknesses
• Customs entry and ship's manifest
• Property/client matching (for estate agency)
• Customer relations software
• Passenger ferry carryings analysis
• Calculation of approved cargoes for chemical tankers
• Calculation of approved dangerous goods on cargo/passenger ships
• Calculation of minimum ship plating renewal thicknesses
• Fleet car management
• Publication/brochure distribution
• and more....

Applications since incorporation of Softwarin Systems:-

LR LoadLine. A multi-user system developed for Lloyds Register of Shipping. Calculation of the correct "load line" to be displayed on the side of a ship. Incorporates additional functions to calculate the required glass thickness for side-scuttles and windows at various positions on the ship. Produces ship certification reports.

LR DanGoods. A multi-user system developed for Lloyds Register of Shipping. Certification of Bulk Cargo ships and ships carrying dangerous goods. This system allows users to enter details about a ship (e.g. what Bulk Cargoes Code requirements each cargo space complies with) and then effortlessly calculates the Bulk Cargoes or Dangerous Goods that can safely be carried in each cargo space. Alternatively, a user can specify which cargoes they would like to carry, and the program calculates the safety requirements that must be complied with before those cargoes can be carried. Issues certification (for ship owners) and other analysis reports.

Commenting on LR DANGOODS, Willem de Jong, managing director of LR’s Marine Division said...

"Given the increasing complexity of IMO conventions and codes, the task of deciding which ones are relevant has become increasingly time-consuming. LR DANGOODS lifts that burden from owners and managers by providing a fast, effective solution and issuing the right certification."

LR Mariner. A system developed for Lloyds Register of Shipping. LR Mariner is a risk-based software tool, available for any ship, classed with LR or not, which helps owners and managers minimise risk in shipboard operations by identifying hazards and implementing controls within those operations. The new tool helps those owners and managers "to establish safeguards against all identified risks" as required in the ISM Code.

The interactive, paperless scheme enables office and sea-going staff to:

• identify key shipboard operations
• identify hazards within each shipboard operation
• evaluate the risks associated with each shipboard operation
• determine where control of operations can be improved to reduce risk
• maintain improvement in the safety management of shipboard operations through realistic target setting

The benefits of effective implementation of LR Mariner include:

• a positive means of achieving safety management objectives
• a greater awareness by ship staff of hazards and risks in shipboard operations
• a guide for procedure development
• an improvement programme
• an ongoing review of shipboard operations
• a descriptive note in the Register of Ships and LR Mariner certification

LR ChemShip. A system developed for Lloyds Register of Shipping. Certification of Chemical Tankers. This system allows users to enter details about a ship (e.g. what Chemical Code requirements cargo tanks comply with and the physical characteristics of cargo tanks), then effortlessly calculates the Chemical cargoes that can safely be carried in each cargo tank. Alternatively, a user can specify which chemicals they would like to carry, and the program calculates the safety requirements that must be complied with before those cargoes can be carried. Issues certification (for ship owners) and other analysis reports.

Steel Plate Renewal Thickness calculations as part of WinHCM. WinHCM is a graphics based system developed by Lloyds Register of Shipping for Hull Condition Monitoring of ships.

Representatives Enquiry System. Developed for the Milk Marketing Board. This system was installed on laptop computers carried by representatives, allowing them to enter details of yields and qualities as they visit dairy farms.

Vessel Defect Reporting. A multi-user system developed for Mobil Shipping Limited to guarantee rapid responses to equipment defects or failures on board ships. There are 2 separate systems. A "Vessel" system installed on many Mobil Shipping vessels is used to report equipment defects or failures to the London HQ. Messages are transmitted via the Marinet satellite communications system to HQ. Every message must be acknowledged and a response made (appropriate to the urgency level given to the defect). Responses are transmitted back to the ships via Marinet. All messages and responses are date/time stamped to produce an audit trail of messages and responses.

Vessel/Shore Purchasing system. A multi-user accounting system developed for Mobil Shipping Limited. Designed primarily for users on board Mobil Shipping vessels and at the London HQ to enter and process purchase orders and payments. This system also incorporates requisition notes, quotations, invoicing, credit notes, delivery notes. Data exchange to and from Mobil vessels is via Marinet satellite communications. There is also periodic data exchange to and from an IBM mainframe Accounts Payable system and the GLEX accruals system.

Crew Resource Scheduling. A multi-user system developed for Mobil Shipping Limited. Job "rostering" software to allocate officers and crew of appropriate rank and qualifications to man vessels in a variety of rotating shift patterns.

British Officers Personnel and Leave Analysis. A multi-user system developed for Mobil Shipping Limited, with a periodic data import from an IBM mainframe salary system.

Application experience before incorporation of Softwarin Systems:-

Ships Agency system. A multi-user system developed for Aros Shipping. Incorporating customs entry and ship's manifest processing.

Accounting system. A multi-user system developed for AP Timber Limited, with an interface to a TetraPlan Accounts package. Comprising stock control, customer records, quotations, orders, invoicing, and accounts analysis.

Toxic Waste Disposal system. A multi-user system developed for Essex County Council. Recording the movements and destinations of toxic waste into, out of, and within the county.

Vehicle Damage Entry system. A system developed for Mercedes-Benz (UK) Limited. Reporting and analysing damage sustained by new Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles whilst in transit to the UK distribution centre. Data imported from and exported to an insurance company for efficient lodging of insurance claims (see next section).

Insurance suite. A multi-user system developed for Pound Gates and Company Limited. Comprising Marine Cargo insurance, Broker insurance, Client records, Mercedes-Benz Vehicle Damage Analysis and a diary system. Data imported from and exported to a system used by Mercedes-Benz UK commercial vehicles distribution centre.

Fleet Vehicle Statistics system. A small system developed for Nilfisk Limited to manage their company fleet vehicles.

Accounting system. A multi-user system developed for Advance Visual Optics Limited. Comprising stock control, customer records, quotations, orders, invoicing, and accounts analysis.

Customer order / mailing system. A system developed for 456-World Limited.

Stock control / Stock pick list system. A multi-user system developed for Sans Serif Limited.

Aviation Parts Stock system. A system developed for S. T. Hully Limited.

Passenger and Vehicle Statistics. A system developed for Sealink UK Limited. Analysis of passengers and vehicles carried on Sealink ferries to and from Dover and Folkestone.

Commercial Vehicle Tracking. A multi-user system developed for National Freight Consortium. Tracking and analysing commercial vehicle movements (largely container lorries).

Contacts Database. A multi-user system developed for the Southern Tourist Board. A publications/pamphlets distribution system.

Order entry / Invoicing / Job costing. A system developed for Edian (Timber Merchants) Limited, with a data interface from the "Magicut" system.

Dataport. A package developed for various clients of Dataview Systems Limited. Multi-user integrated software for Freight Forwarders and Ships Agents, with Customs Entry options.

Customer Complaints system. A system developed for Bernard Matthews Limited. Recording and analysing customer complaints, printing refund cheques and producing mail-merge files.

And going back into the realms of pre-history...

Estate Agency system. A system developed for Edward Charles Limited. Matching properties to home-seekers, mailshotting and general administration.

CASP Agronomy Planning. An "expert system" developed for BASF (UK) Limited. Optimizing crop yields and optimizing economy of usage of pesticides, fungicides and fertilizers.

Student Fees Administration. A multi-user system developed for Norwich City College. Comprising student records, fees administration and student statistics.

Job Costs Accounting. A system developed for Betts and Company Limited.