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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.
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An Overview A joint effort gundy n. 1. The two bigger claws in a CRaB. (Container Recovery and Billing)
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
CR&B Agent Principal Cnees Haulers CSOA Shippers NVOCCs Conferences Terminals Needs - Whose? What? What do they ALL want? lower costs and how is that achieved? through efficiency OK. But HOW? managing resources & cost with quality information
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 profiling System Administration - security; anomolies; overrides Audit Trails - transations tagged with user ids Robust - low cost, available HW components; easy redundancy; multiple telcom ports COST EFFECTIVE
Print The Container Release Verify accounts receivables
Operations Agent > Port Users >Back Office
Accessing Gundy from the Agent Office Agent 2 Agent 1 Internet XYZ Demurrage Collections Ltd
Baplie Gundy EDI The productivity enhancer Microsoft Excel
Print The Agent upload Driving the process forward No upload, no manifest, no release! Verify accounts receivables
The Development Team Shipping Experts and Gundy Visionaries Ian Deosaran – Ocean Freight, Trinidad Rhett Chee Ping – Gordon Grant, Trinidad Terrence Prayag – Huggins Shipping, Trinidad Project Management Jennifer Gonzalez – Shipping Association of Trinidad & Tobago Procedures and Controls – Gundy financial audits Cindy-Lou Valentine – Container Recovery and Billing Software Development Wendell 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 server 512 MB RAM DAT Tape Backup 160GB Hard Drive RAID CDRW/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 ? Contact us for more information Container Recovery and Billing Ltd 15 Scott Bushe Street Port of Spain, Trinidad (868)623-4750 Total Information Systems Ltd 2 Ana Street Woodbrook Phone: (868) 627-4161 Fax: (868) 625-6237 sales@totalinfosys.com