Our company specialises in
container handling industry and we focus
on container solutions for the industry. For the
past twenty-five years, we have had a single focus to make the best possible
solution for container industries.
We are implementing the RBS TOPS system on a global scale
so we are providing a TOPS solution for terminals of any size.
From our point of view the major challenges for ports
was increasing volumes, increasing vessel sizes, so
your processes need to be efficient
and you need to have your processes under control
because you need to handle more volume in a shorter time
so that means you need to have good processes
you need to have a grip on your processes and you need to have the right tools
to support those processes and even increase efficiency with those processes.
For me the other side of the picture, when we look at the challenges of the
mega-terminal
we need to have the software solution in the way it can accommodate the bigger vessel
the bigger terminal capacity and also
use intelligent algorithm
to overcome all these obstacles and to better
improve efficiency and throughput of the terminal.
Apart from automation to increase efficiency at terminals
it is important
that you have the right tools in place, so from our point of view,
equipment automation, we've done that for the past 10 years
so that is not the new part, where you need to be more
clever is in your processes, so have the right tools
support your processes and have it in the way
that you have clever solutions so smart IT solutions
need to be in place to be more efficient
and handle your containers and handle your ships on lower-costs
with a higher productivity. I think they see another aspect of it we need to look into
currently the whole industry and look into the automation of the equipment
but nobody's seriously looking into the automation but
software is the brain of the automation and that is the crucial part in the
future, the software needs to accommodate all the smart algorithms
to make decisions at the right moment and
for distribution to work in the correct order so equipment automation can move more
effectively
and that a very important factor we need to consider and one we
included in our near future.
The current climate is very difficult
you need to increase
efficiency, and at the same time, decrease your costs
so what's the solution from our point of view. Our solution can be a revolution
on the terminal TOPS market because we are going to build in
process automation, we are going to allow you to handle your
processes flexible at the same time support you
with your decisions so its going to help you to take the right decision, its going to help you
to have the right decisions in your processes and that's going to be
with TOPS Expert which will be there from next year.
In the current situation of increasing efficiency and reducing cost
is the major factor. It has been considered in our
design of the software from many years, and this time we turn that into
reality,
and to achieve that level we had to evaluate the
process from the beginning to the end.
So every single process in the system we applied the best possible algorithm
like GA (genetic algorithm) to find out the best possible
solution, the best possible path
to improve efficiency and the cost
because the instruction is a friend of a system, the friend of operation
and instruction when it gives out to the
the CHE driver or the equipment driver must be accurate,
must be precise, and all accepted handling must be handled before that,
so it's much more proactive than the passive line before.
So therefore we surely believe with the new TOPS Expert
it will increase efficiency and also reduce the labor costs
in the terminal. In the past people were planning the berth
they only look into where to put the vessel, at what position at what time etc.
et cetera, but never considered a price as a factor
with the new TOPS Expert we're looking to the beginning of the vessel
where it's put, where it's placed
and consider the move costs for each move of the vessel
in every single movement, and we also considered the distance of travel
for each container and also the move type for each
container, therefore from that level we already
dig deep in the operation, that brings a huge advantage to a terminal.
For example,
when you put a vessel in a place, you already know how long the vessel will
take that place, how much labour costs, how many quay cranes we need
to perform, okay, to achieve the ETA and ETD
of the vessel, so they can inform the liner far before
the vessel operation, what are the possibilities?
So that for sure, gives the benefits to both liner and the terminal
in the operation,
and avoid any unexpected events happening.