ASCO - Kinesys
ASCO is a leading logistics company for the oil and gas industry
with operations throughout the world. They offer a number of
services including offshore and onshore logistics, international
freight management, waste management, personnel and marine
service.
NEED
ASCO required a new manifesting application for supply voyages
to rigs in the North Sea. The software had to be:
- Intuitive to use, requiring minimal training
- Visually appealing
- Able to work with different languages
- Support the entire manifesting process from the warehouse to
the platform and back again
- Capable of working through satellite communications to enable
offshore materials coordinators to access the application.
SOLUTION
As the software was to be accessed on and offshore, Codify had
to develop a solution that would work well over high latency, low
bandwidth communications whilst still delivering a rich user
interface. Codify chose to use Microsoft Silverlight for this
project as it would allow Kinesys to meet all these requirements
and give users the same experience no matter where it is accessed
from.
Codify assigned a business analyst and graphic designer to work
closely with ASCO to design the user interface whilst the software
developer designed a tiered architecture to minimise 'chatter' for
working successfully offshore.
Six months from project acceptance Codify delivered the project.
Doug More, IT Director, explains: "The resulting software has
really grabbed the imagination of our staff which is quite unusual
for an IT system. The user adoption rate is extremely high and we
have found minimal training is required when we add new users to
the system."
The first module of Kinesys is complete and in use with another
module in progress, with more planned for the future. Kinesys also
allowed Codify to reach the top three of the Web Development
Partner of the Year category at the Microsoft World Partner
conference in 2010, again proving its viability and worth in the
workplace.
BENEFITS
Introducing Kinesys has brought ASCO the following benefits:
- Kinesys provides a competitive advantage - a clear
differentiator, it shows ASCO is investing in efficient modern
technology that will give them and their clients further benefits
in the future
- Customers who use Kinesys have said it is one of the many
reasons they will stay with ASCO who are in the process of taking
the system to other clients
- Further modules can be added as and when required, providing
the flexibility to evolve along with the company.
ASCO chose Codify as they felt they shared the same vision for
Kinesys from the outset of the project. Doug More added: "From
Codify's proposal we felt they really understood our needs much
better than the others did. The pre-bid material was outstanding
and showed they really knew what we were looking for. This, along
with a competitive price, led us to choose Codify as the company to
build Kinesys.
"Codify delivered on time and on budget and hit all the
milestones we set. This has allowed us to quickly and smoothly
integrate the system into ASCO and reap the benefits that Kinesys
brings us."
