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eShiftLog & STAIRS
Automated Stevedore’s Shift Log with
Powerful Data Analysis

After eShiftLog was first installed, in the following 24 months, the port productivity increased by 15% while the throughput increased by 25%.

This data can be verified at the Australian government published web site for the Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics, see their home page at: http://www.btre.gov.au 

eShiftLog Summary

eShiftLog is a stand alone computer software application that will quickly become the primary source of business operational intelligence for your container terminal.

Please select from the menu to learn about various features of the product.

Features

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Presents a comprehensive history of good vs. poor work practices

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Helps you to identify the root causes of crane work delays

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Helps you to respond to productivity constraints in a more timely manner

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Can feed data to external applications

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Easy to use, intuitive user interface

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Fast implementation

Benefits

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Maximizes port/crane performance

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Reduces delays - Saves time

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Reduces costs

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Improves customer service and satisfaction

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Rapid return on investment (less than 12 months)

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Increases Profit

Discussion

eShiftLog enables you to view and analyze performance metrics using any of the these indicators:

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Vessel

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Crane

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Personnel/crane drivers

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Shift dynamics, such as the following
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Weather

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Day of week

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Time of day

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Time since last break down

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Maintenance engineering

Analysis of this historically accurate information enables you to make marked improvements in the performance of each indicator. eShiftLog highlights variables that you can not change, and tells you what other factors have significantly affected past performance. eShiftLog provides the analysis tools that allow you to objectively make informed resource allocation decisions, based on actual performance data.

eShiftLog enables you to explore different resource allocations, to quickly and easily gauge the effects on:

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Productivity

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Costs

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Revenue

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Level of Service

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Profits!

eShiftLog gives you the information that will help you negotiate the most favorable agreement with your customers, vendors, and support organizations.

Installation

eShiftLog is already in use at three major container terminals, and is currently being installed in the world’s 40th largest container terminal.

The entire installation process can be performed in less than three weeks. In a short time, eShiftLog will be providing information that can be used to fuel corresponding performance improvements at the port. Following installation, support is only a phone call away. And, yes, we will guarantee uptime.

Technology

eShiftLog utilizes the latest technology:

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User-friendly Microsoft Windows interface

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Client/server architecture

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Web interface for report display and remote monitoring

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Flexible, parameter-driven application

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Easily modifiable system to meet your specific on-going requirements

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Data stored in an accessible industry standard Microsoft SQL-Server database

 

Future

eShiftLog and STAIRS are evolving products. We listen to our customers. Your specific requirements can be built into future versions of the products.

For example, we are currently looking at providing foremen with handheld data entry terminals to speed and simplify data entry. One click for working, another for stopped, this information goes straight back to the supervisor’s display by wireless communications.

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