Amos VS BoatOn Book
A ship management software aids maritime professionals in their daily tasks such as maintenance scheduling, inventory management, procurement of parts and supplies. These software solutions greatly simplify crew planning, certificate renewals, and tracking of logs and voyages, allowing captains or managers to save time.
Here is our comparison between two fleet management software solutions tailored for maritime transport fleets: Amos and BoatOn Book.
What is boat maintenance software?
Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) software is a technological tool designed to optimize and simplify the management of maritime or river transport fleets, whether for passenger or cargo transportation. It enables managers or crews to track, plan, and document preventive and corrective maintenance tasks, ensuring that all operations comply with manufacturer standards and recommended timelines.
This software may include features such as inventory management of spare parts and equipment, intervention history tracking, periodic inspection planning, and performance report generation. By centralizing and automating these tasks, CMMS software aims to reduce vessel downtime, enhance onboard safety, extend equipment lifespan, and optimize voyages both offshore and coastal.
How important is a boat maintenance software marine shipping sector ?
Imagine a software that centralizes all data related to your vessel: upcoming maintenance tasks, management of crew and external contractors, inventory of spare parts, mandatory certificates... This is precisely what naval maintenance software offers. They ensure comprehensive tracking of your vessel's history, accessible anytime and anywhere.
In addition to centralizing information, these software solutions significantly simplify your daily tasks: scheduling maintenance interventions, tracking budgets, managing orders, all while ensuring compliance with specific maritime regulations such as MLC or ISM. They become invaluable assets during key moments in your vessel's life, such as its sale. Indeed, a CMMS software demonstrates seriousness and rigor in vessel maintenance, thereby preserving its asset value.
These software solutions allow you to quickly retrieve necessary information to substantiate your good faith and defend your interests in case of disputes. For instance, BoatOn Book already provides the capability to share specific data with authorized third parties while maintaining perfect confidentiality of potentially sensitive information.
Comparison of Amos and BoatOn Book offers
AMOS is the CMMS software developed by Spectec, based in Canada. It is designed for maritime, oil and gas, and defense organizations. AMOS enables users to efficiently plan and execute their maintenance strategies, manage spare parts and equipment inventories, and comply with safety regulations. It also facilitates procurement management directly within the software platform.
The BoatOn Book from BoatOn is the 1st boat fleet management and maintenance solution. The aim of the BoatOn Book is to simplify all the operational activities of maritime and inland waterway operators : passenger boats, freight transport, rescue vessels, marine works... BoatOn also helps companies to manage their fleets in an eco-responsible way, while complying with current regulations.
Where the BoatOn Book differentiates itself...
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Manage you services and maintenance
From the tasks module, you have access to the complete maintenance history. You can review previously conducted operations, schedule upcoming tasks, and send detailed work orders to service providers or your crew members.
Moreover, you can automatically generate maintenance reports with just one click.
Rights and users
Managing a fleet of boats requires coordinating multiple stakeholders. The user module allows you to assign access to each of them and precisely define their rights to control information sharing.
You can choose from several predefined roles such as administrator, supervisor, captain, sailor, etc., and also create your own custom roles according to your specific needs.
Manage your inventory and purchases
This part of the software allows you to monitor in real-time all your stocks of parts and equipment, plan their replacement, and easily generate purchase orders.
You can also export the data in Excel or PDF format directly from the software, or create a pre-filled email with the details of the parts to order, and then click "send"!
Follow your navigations with AIS
The logbook allows you to easily record your navigations directly from your phone! By using your boat's AIS, you can accurately reconstruct your vessels' routes.
Plan your outings in advance by consulting the integrated weather and analyze your navigations to optimize fuel consumption. With the BoatOn Book, paper is a thing of the past: keeping your logbook up to date has never been easier.
Manage your budget and accounting
The budget module of the BoatOn Book allows you to easily track your expenses and revenues per boat. You can filter the main categories for better accounting management of your vessels.
Each expense recorded in other modules of the software is automatically added to this section, saving you time from searching for invoices.
Dashboard of the whole fleet
The Fleet and Statistics module of the BoatOn Book provides a comprehensive overview of essential information about your boats. Here, you can access details about the home port, revenues, expenses, as well as past and upcoming maintenance.
Detailed statistics presented in graphical form allow you to easily visualize various aspects of your fleet. This includes the number of scheduled maintenance tasks for the future, revenues and expenses over specific periods, out-of-stock parts, and other relevant information crucial for effective management of your maritime fleet.
Integrate your documents and certificates
In the Documents section of the BoatOn Book, you can find all essential elements of your boat in one platform.
Easily access attachments from other modules of the software, such as maintenance reports. You can also add crew member certificates, boat navigation permits, and insurance documents. This allows you to centralize all your important documents and never lose track of any of them again.
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