Shipping Agency & Ocean Freight Forwarding
Support information systems are the cornerstone of the smooth and lucrative (developmental) course of a Maritime Agency. Such a system is divided into 3 main sections:
- Operaional Module
- Information Module
- Management Module
Operational Module
The Module is one of the most important because it offers flexibility, speed and information security. In particular, the issue of safety is a key requirement for the smooth handling of manual procedures.
The Operational Module includes:
Organization of Commercial department
Organizing Operations & Documentations section
Full exploitation of EDI models (EDIFACT, Lines Custom EDI)
Electronic Transactions with Port of Loading and Unloading
Organization of Disbursements Accounts
Organizing a Container Control section
Billing (Billing Section)
Cost Monitoring
Administrative Unit
Significant emphasis has been placed on supporting Administrative Management models and drawing conclusions. The development of an excellent information processing tool supports the decision-making process.
But what does Management require?
Quality and Quantity Function Control of the parts
Information for decision making
Financial Picture
Audit
Flexible DA Tracking
Partner Control
Costing
An integrated information system must have a holistic approach to Logistics. The coverage of each activity must be an essential umbrella with a qualitative and quantitative approach. In this way, Management acquires tools of the utmost importance for sound decision making, situational and forecasting.
Information Module
Knowledge of current information systems has led to the unity of information in static models of statistical analysis. However, in an ever-changing market, static information does not offer flexibility and effective business support. Nowadays, information models must be dynamic and interchangeable. This is achieved only through the use of modern “business intelligence” or “business intelligence” (BI) models, as they are internationally recognized. These models offer operational independence as well as dynamic and alternating data capture and visualization scenarios.