Introduction

HCG provides the software systems eShiftLog and STAIRS for the stevedoring industry. These are used for:

	Record keeping
	Meet legislative reporting requirements
	Shift reporting and analysis
	Vessel reporting and analysis
	Data analysis and ad-hoc reporting
	Most importantly on-going incremental productivity improvements

Foremen and/or supervisors use eShiftLog to quickly enter operational data. eShiftLog is a comprehensive automated stevedore’s log system that automates many of the daily recording functions carried out by a shift supervisor.

Planners, supervisors and operational management personnel perform analysis on the historical database using STAIRS. STAIRS is the data analysis system that provides automated answers to many of the typical questions that planners, supervisors and management ask about resource allocation and optimization in the yard.

Good quality, well-targeted data is essential to good decision-making in any industry. This is particularly so in the stevedoring industry. Reliable up-to-date data is needed for:

	Assessing the economic viability of each process and sub process
	Monitoring progressive changes
	Verify that improvements deliver on expectations
	Identify opportunities and setting priorities for infrastructure development
	Guide investment decisions.

eShiftLog and STAIRS are the tools needed to provide and analyze that data!

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