CMC's CALM software has helped Adani realise its vision 'to evolve as an international calibre business port' and establish itself as a market leader on the maritime map

The product
CALM: Cargo Logistics Management System
An integrated port management system which specialises in handling bulk (dry, liquid and gas) and break-bulk operations of a cargo terminal

The client
Adani Port, Gujarat, India
A terminal-operating company at Mundra port, on India's west coast. Adani offers fully mechanised, efficient cargo handling facilities

Adani Port Ltd (APL) has developed the largest privately-owned storage facility for all classes of chemicals, petroleum products, edible oils and bulk cargo.

APL's vision is 'to evolve as an international calibre business port'. To establish itself as a market leader on the maritime map, APL needed a high degree of automation for efficient day-to-day operations, and opted to install a comprehensive and integrated IT solution.

The object was to enable APL to adapt to changing market conditions, achieve optimal utilisation of port resources and save costs; key differentiators for tomorrow's business world.

Project details
The project was executed from CMC House, Mumbai, which follows CMM level 3 guidelines. It started in May 2002, when a CMC-TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) team reached Mundra and conducted a gap analysis. Based on this, the necessary customisation was carried out from Mumbai. The CMC team undertook customisation of the CALM software, while TCS conducted quality testing and project management.

The customer successfully completed the pre-shipment inspection at Mumbai during September 2002. System implementation started in November and system went live in January 2003. This was followed by three months' on-site support and nine months of remote warranty support from Mumbai.

Technical architecture
The IT solution has been built around CMC's CALM software, which computerises dry bulk, liquid bulk, and general cargo operations covering marine operations, cargo handling, resource management, rail operations, warehouse management, invoicing, electronic data interchange (EDI) and executive information systems (EIS). The application has been deployed in a Windows environment with the relational database management system (RDBMS) on a Unix platform.

In order to provide an integrated solution, the application was interfaced with the accounting software and automatic weighbridge system of Adani port.

The following modules were implemented:

	CALM.marine, the marine management module
	CALM.cargo, the cargo operation and documentation module
	CALM.resource, the resource management module
	CALM.invoice, the invoice module
	CALM.EIS, the executive information system module
	CALM.adm, the system administration module
	CALM.EDI, the electronic data interchange module
	CALM.rail, the rail operations module
	CALM.warehouse, the warehouse-planning module

In order to provide an integrated solution, the application was interfaced with the accounting software and automatic weighbridge system of Adani port.

Benefits
The customer is using the system and has benefited from computerisation. APL is assisting CMC by arranging live demos and providing references to prospective clients for CMC's ports and cargo (PnC) group.