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The
Agent Integrated Management System (AiMS)
is an integrated product that provides
comprehensive coverage of all liner services,
that a shipping agency needs to address.
The system is expected to enhance the
operational efficiency and effective communication,
co-ordination and control and thereby
help the shipping agency to maximise profits.
It intrinsically modular designe with
four modules helps cater to the diverse
needs of an agency's business.
AIMS
modules
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DOC, the documentation module |
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OPS,
the operations module |
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CSM,
the customer service, marketing and
sales module |
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ACC, the accounts module |
Broadly
AIMS covers the following functionalities:
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Sales
and marketing, acquisition of cargo,
issuing quotations, concluding contracts
in coordination with the shipping
line. |
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Booking of cargo in accordance with
allotments assigned to the agent for
a certain voyage by liner. |
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All
the necessary documentation regarding
the carriage of cargo. |
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Taking
care of all procedures connected with
physical handling of cargo. |
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Managing all equipment stock in a
particular area. |
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To
sign and issue bills of lading and
other transport documents. |
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To
collect freight and charges on behalf
of liner. |
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Delivery
of cargo to the consignee. |
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Handling
of cargo claims as per agency contract.
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Handling
non cargo related operations of a
vessel as instructed by the master,
owner or charterer. |
AIMS
technical architecture
Advantages
of AIMS
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Multi
agency, multi principal, multi location |
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Easy to use graphical user environment |
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Single
integrated database for all modules,
thereby ensuring data consistency,
data integrity, and minimal time lag
for information flow and less errors
by avoidance of duplicate data entry.
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Open
system 3-tier architecture |
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Designed around the latest RDBMS technologies
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Web-enabled
through use of .NET Technology. |
Hardware
and Software Technologies
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Systems |
Unix
(AIX, Solaris, HP_UX), Linux, Windows
2003 |
| Hardware
Systems |
IBM
, HP, Sun SPARC, Dell |
| RDBMS
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Database
Oracle 10g – Release 2- 64 bit |
| Front-end |
ASP.NET
and VB.NET Web Application |
Experience
Contact
Head
- Shipping
CMC Ltd,
CMC Centre
Old Mumbai Highway Road
Gachibowli
Hyderabad - 500 019
India
Tel: 91-40 - 6657 8000
Fax: 91-40 - 23000167 / 509
Email: shipping@cmcltd.com
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