a joint effort
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An Overview. A joint effort. gundy n. 1. The two bigger claws in a CRaB. ( C ontainer R ecovery a nd B illing). Pre Gundy - a little history…. 1997 - DomRep Presentation at CSA Meeting in Trinidad. 2001 - SATT begins ground work. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
A joint effortgundy n. 1. The two bigger claws in a
CRaB. (Container Recovery and Billing)
An Overview
Pre Gundy - a little history….. 1997 - DomRep Presentation at CSA Meeting in Trinidad
2001 - SATT begins ground work
JAN 2004 - CSOA expresses interest when SATT approached them
AUG 2004 - Heads of Agreement with CSOA - OCT deadline set
AUG -OCT 2004 - Needs Evaluation and software survey (regional/ NA vendors)
NOV 2004 - Decision to go with development of needs based software developers pre-qualified and proposals evaluated
DEC 2004 - Total Information Systems selected & development begins
MAY 2005 - Gundy Implemented
On going continuous development and improvement
Needs - Whose? What?
Principal
CneesTerminals
CR&B
CSOA
NVOCCs
Haulers
Agent
Shippers
Conferences
through efficiency
managingresources & cost
withquality information
What do they ALL want?lower costs
and how is that achieved?
OK. But HOW?
Gundy Development Mission
To develop a software solution that meet the need and operational objective of CR&B demurrage billing and collection with sufficient management tools for simple administration.
Gundy: the quality information tool Automates - both input and output
Interfaces - EDI functionality- ships baplie, port CTMS, agency & liner IS
Communicates - generates warning e-mails & billings
Integrates with traditional agent release process and existing port/cutoms processes
Accessible - but secure; agent access own data only via internet or dialup
Distributed - WAN nodes at terminal offices
Flexible - but parameter driven; rule prioritization; contracts; deposits
Adaptable - to meet evolving needs - NVOCCs; Hauliers; statistics; status reporting
Contact management and risk profilingSystem Administration - security; anomolies; overrides
Audit Trails - transations tagged with user ids
Robust - low cost, available HW components; easy redundancy; multiple telcom ports
COST EFFECTIVE
Managing Demurrage in T&T
Gundy User Roles
General Overview
The Container Release
Verify accounts receivables
General Overview – the return
Setup - Port
Setup - Demurrage
Setup - Lines
Commodities
Setup EDI users
Operations
Agent > Port Users >Back Office
The Berth ScheduleManaging the agent uploads
Accessing Gundy from the Agent Office
XYZ Demurrage Collections Ltd
Agent 1
Internet
Internet
Agent 2
Gundy EDI The productivity enhancer
Baplie
Microsoft Excel
Gundy EDI – Agent upload process
Manual upload – The manifest
Closing the manifestPassing the baton from the Agent
Verify accounts receivables
The Agent uploadDriving the process forward
No upload, no manifest, no release!
Port Gate Receipts
End of DayBack Office Operations
Reports
the invoice
Reports
the statement
Reports
aging summary
Reports
aging detail
Reports
the receipt
Tech and Xtras
The Development Team
Shipping Experts and Gundy VisionariesIan Deosaran – Ocean Freight, TrinidadRhett Chee Ping – Gordon Grant, TrinidadTerrence Prayag – Huggins Shipping, Trinidad
Project ManagementJennifer Gonzalez – Shipping Association of Trinidad & Tobago
Procedures and Controls – Gundy financial auditsCindy-Lou Valentine – Container Recovery and Billing
Software DevelopmentWendell Charles – Director, Total Information Systems, Trinidad
The Development Tool
•Technology Independent•RAD-Rapid Application Development•Recipient of many international awards
Proposed Hardware and Communication Infrastructure
Windows 2003 Standard with Remote Desktop Licenses HP Proliant/Dell PowerEdge or compatible class server512 MB RAMDAT Tape Backup160GB Hard DriveRAIDCDRW/DVD
DSL connection 256/128 – Fixed IP – no firewall enabled at ISP
Point to Point communication for port satellite office
Laser Printer per port office
Narrow Carriage Dot Matrix per port office
Ready for ?
Container Recovery and Billing Ltd15 Scott Bushe StreetPort of Spain, Trinidad(868)623-4750
Total Information Systems Ltd2 Ana StreetWoodbrookPhone: (868) 627-4161Fax: (868) [email protected]
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