SpecTec announces Distribution agreement with James Fisher
Rising fuel prices and environmental concerns continue to squeeze shipping companies’ profits, a trend that is likely to continue. SpecTec’s partnership with Mimic will provide its customers with a condition based maintenance system so they can reduce their costs significantly whilst increasing availability and maintaining class compliance. Indeed all the major classification societies now have a class notation to allow for maintenance by condition rather than by hours run or calendar, which can be inefficient.
Ian Brand …quot; SpecTec UK Managing Director
“There has never been any doubt that the adoption of a CBM regime can deliver substantial savings to a ship owner. Technology available in the past has been difficult to use and even more difficult to get meaningful information from. James Fisher has addressed this with a very simple system user interface, which anyone can use. AMOS combined with the Mimic condition monitoring system provides a potent Condition Based Maintenance solution.”
Simon Forshaw …quot; James Fisher MIMIC General Manager
“We can't think of a more natural partnership than this one with SpecTec. The “AMOS” software brand is synonymous with marine maintenance and asset management. The success of any condition based maintenance scheme depends on the balance of both planned and condition based maintenance activity. The integration of Mimic CMS and AMOS provides a tool for efficiently and effectively optimising the ratio of planned & condition based maintenance activity in line with modern maintenance strategies. By adopting a CBM philosophy on the right equipment ship owners can now plan maintenance better, save money on class survey and avoid unplanned maintenance.
Bojan Vu?ini? …quot; SpecTec Group Applied Technology Director
“The maturity of both ‘Condition Measurement’ and ‘Asset Management’ technologies is evident in two flagship products ‘Mimic’ and ‘AMOS’. The natural progression is the synergy of these two products working together. The shipping industry can only benefit from this unity not only in terms of reduced costs but also in terms of higher safety and better preservation of our environment.”
SpecTec Group is a company specialised in the offering of software and services in the field of Asset Management, primarily in the shipping sector. In 22 years of existence their flagship software product “AMOS” has become the "de facto" standard in shipping maintenance management, and a major player in all other fields of application. SpecTec have also seen success in the oil & gas sector, while several Navies worldwide are implementing AMOS as a ‘Commercial off the Shelf’ (COTS) software to cover their Integrated Logistic Systems aspects.
The software, AMOS (Asset Management Operating System) allows operation and control of all the maintenance and logistic functions of operating a fleet of ships including, Maintenance, Spare parts and Stock control, Purchasing and Procurement, Quality and Safety documentation management, Voyage management (for shipping) and Personnel management.
SpecTec has a global presence with offices around the world including; Italy, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Singapore, Russia, Cyprus, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, United Kingdom and the United States.
There are 700 individual shipping companies using the software, with over 7,000 site licences for its maintenance and purchasing software, and over 6,500 onboard installations.
Flagship customers include BP, Amoco, P&O Ferries, Metrostar, Royal Olympic Cruises, Eletson, Thome, Royal Caribbean International, Disney Cruise Lines, Norwegian Cruise Lines and Cunard Line.
Since acquisition in October 2003 from WM Engineering Ltd, the new entity James Fisher MIMIC, led by General Manager Simon Forshaw, has redeveloped and updated the flagship Mimic software to take advantage of growing demand in the commercial shipping sector.
JFMIMIC supplies maintenance and related asset management services to the Royal Navy. Its key product is a condition based maintenance system which is installed in the majority of the Royal Navy's warships. This system ("Mimic") gathers data from the ship's machinery equipment and uses that data to identify wear and tear and any abnormalities in the equipment's performance. This facilitates preventative maintenance and reduces down time.