Following arrival of the vessel at Southampton, Marine Software spent three days onboard finalising and scheduling the setup. At the end of this visit, the MCA carried out an audit of the Research Ship Unit ISM documentation system, which included a requirement for the vessel’s chief engineer officer to demonstrate the working planned maintenance system to the satisfaction of the auditor. The Marine Storekeeper stock control system was populated by importing stock data supplied on Excel spreadsheets compiled by ship’s staff whilst standing by the build. This stock control system was fully bar code enabled for receipts and issues and was supplied together with a bar code scanner and label printer.

The Research Ship Unit also purchased the MPM Bolt-on module to enable completed company standard forms to be transmitted to the office using Marine Software’s data transfer system, along with the ability of inserting pictures into both history completion records and the MPM defect module.

MJ Information No: 22420