Port of Felixstowe Business Intelligence Contract Win
Information Management Solutions Ltd. (IMS), the dynamic IT consultancy for business solutions, announced today the award of a second contract for a Business Intelligence solution from the Port of Felixstowe.
The new contract extends the existing vessel and quayside Business Intelligence solution to the areas which support the quayside operation such as container movements within the Yard and the organisation of the containers within the Yard. This will enable the Port of Felixstowe to analyse, in a consistent and scientific way, the relationship between quayside performance in loading and unloading ships, which is their key deliverable, and the support functions. End users will utilize the award-winning ProClarity BI software to explore their information in an intelligent and interactive way.
Brian Atkinson, BI Project Manager at Port of Felixstowe;
“We are confident IMS can deliver what we expect and build on the excellent system and service they have given us so far with the quayside and vessel performance analysis solution.
This system helps the Port of Felixstowe see how it matches performance standards for various different shipping lines and vessels at each terminal within the port. The system was delivered to time and specification without any major problems and with a number of key benefits. We can now see all the data together in one place. Questions which used to take days to answer now take a few seconds and we get a lot more questions answered, for example, aggregated performance across a number of dimensions which may include the vessel, shipping line, berth, and times.”
Richard Rose, consulting manager of IMS added;
“The technology we delivered for the quayside performance analysis solution uses Microsoft SQL Server to extract, transform and load the data into a data warehouse from many different back-end systems. It utilises Microsoft Analysis Services to generate analysis cubes, and ProClarity as the software for the end user to explore the data.”
A further phase of the Business Intelligence system for the Port will extend phases 1 and 2 to road and rail movements in and out of the port.
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The Port of Felixstowe is the largest container port in the UK, the 4th largest in Europe, and the 13th largest in the world. Regular services from Felixstowe connect the UK with over 360 ports in over 100 countries worldwide. The Port of Felixstowe is the UK’s second largest freight Ro/Ro port with regular services to Northern Europe and Scandinavia.
Since the early 1980s when Felixstowe developed the world’s first Port Community Network System, it has prided itself on the quality of its computer-based operating systems. The provision of state-of-the-art systems remains an essential tool in delivering a fast and efficient cargo handling operation. The Port’s team of dedicated IT specialists continue to improve and enhance existing systems whilst developing innovative new functional solutions.
The Port of Felixstowe is owned by Hutchison Ports (UK) Limited, a member of the Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) group, an independent port investor, developer and operator with global interests in Asia, Europe and the Americas.
For further information on the Port of Felixstowe and HPH please visit http://www.hph.com.hk/business/ports/europe/felixstowe.htm.
