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Fourth Quarter Update and Contract Wins
10 June 10
The recent selection of Allocate and Healthroster by the Department of Health, New South Wales, validates our international expansion strategy. The new contract with the Australian Army, building on our relationship with the Royal Australian Navy, clearly reinforces our position within the Defence sector, particularly across the Commonwealth and Coalition forces community.

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We are highly committed to the adoption and use of software applications that enable us to use the correct skilled and certified staff resources more effectively and productively.
Andrew Miller, HR Director, Acergy Offshore Crewing Group (OCG)
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Offshore Engineering

Offshore Engineering Challenges

Organizations in the offshore engineering sector have to deal with challenges specific to their industry. When developing the MAPS Maritime Suite, Allocate Software took a number of issues into account, including:

  • The global shortage of experienced and qualified personnel – from avoiding the ineffective use of a costly workforce around the globe, to an inability to take advantage of business opportunities through a lack of human resources, the skills shortfall affects many organizations. Keeping their existing staff involved in engaging opportunities is key to retaining the right workforce.

  • More competitive tendering – balancing the drive for productivity, while ensuring ongoing safety and quality, organizations increasingly have to meet tight project deadlines and budgets. Keeping existing costs under control is paramount, yet future growth has to be planned for; often in hostile market conditions (e.g. post 9/11 and during oil price shocks).

  • Increasingly demanding maritime regulations – from IMO regulations (e.g. STCW95 & SOLAS) and maritime working directives (ILO180), to the national security requirements of the US Coast Guard, organizations have to ensure their compliance with complex standards.

Allocate Software’s solution
To meet the challenges within the offshore engineering sector, Allocate Software’s MAPS Maritime Suite provides customers with:

  • A central repository of personnel data – including comprehensive workforce records with a full history. MAPS Maritime Suite provides a centralized and segmented view of worldwide resources.

  • Global visibility – staff, projects, vessels, equipment and rigs can be viewed over any time period. This improves the effectiveness of crew planning, crew scheduling and overall operational and organizational planning.

  • An efficient identification of the crew’s capability – MAPS Maritime Suite matches the competencies of the workforce to operational requirements, identifies training needs and promotion potential, and highlights non-compliance and safe manning issues.

  • The ability to adopt best practice – from maritime workforce planning to crew management.

For full details of the MAPS Maritime Suite please click here.