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“The reason why we can bring this together so effectively is because GMS understands the O&M business from top to bottom. Everything is in-house at GMS. We don’t need to bring lots of different people together.” Richard concludes.
WHEN LESS IS FAR MORE Mark Swift agrees. He has more than 14 years of international marine and IT sector software development experience, working on major projects as Operations Manager for the world’s largest marine software provider in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He now brings that accumulated expertise to Green Marine Solutions as senior technology lead.
“Instead of using complex off-the-shelf software packages with functions that are never used on pragmatic O&M programmes, our development model concentrates on high-end solutions tailored to specific projects.
“As Richard mentions, the core functions needed to optimise wind industry performance are asset maintenance and compliance, advanced marine co- ordination systems that can handle the very complex operations now common on deep water projects, plus marine assurance which we provide through comprehensive warrantee audits. All require first-class data control.”
SPARE THE ROD AND IMPROVE THE SOFTWARE Mark adds, “We appreciate that historically many energy companies have invested heavily into comprehensive corporate technology systems over a long period and at high cost.
“However, we also know that in many cases managers say they are finding themselves tied to an unwieldy ‘beast’ that becomes master rather than servant. This is a moot issue and we aim to provide a new balance point.
SOFTWARE DESIGN
It is a mistake to try to design software to act like a Swiss Army knife, he feels. “There is a tendency in large organisations to invite department heads to throw every requirement they can think of into a central wish-list pot that then gets translated into a software development project brief.
“Although, this is well-intended, it often becomes a burden on site where tasks are very practical in adverse conditions. We avoid this trap. Instead of companies developing rods for their own backs, we view software as just part of a wider solution to a specific project need.
UNACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE “The alternative to this is to rely on a failure mode. When things fail you fix them. That’s not the way we work. GMS has a different development cycle. We provide management solutions, not reactive solutions.
“Many years of practical offshore experience goes straight into our software design. We know where things go right and wrong. We’re ready for your crisis before it happens. Our job is to ensure that that crisis never happens. And still we are able to keep technology simple.
“It’s an approach that is now paying dividends for everyone – with the important caveat that GMS will always add anything specific that customers feel they need as a priority.”
ROAM – REAL-TIME OPERATIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT
GMS’ own software innovation is the ROAM platform.
Designed initially as an affordable and accessible answer for operators looking for an alternative to large corporate technology, GMS’ Real-time Operational Asset Management system continues to evolve into an extremely flexible but specifically goal-orientated platform.
OPERATOR CONTROL
“The key point about ROAM development is that the operator is in charge of the system, not the other way around,” says Mark.
“We are moving away from mixed off- the-shelf systems towards streamlined integration.
“It really is the way of the future.” Green Marine Solutions (GMS)
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