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原文传递 Software Suite Designed To Strengthen Management, Safety

题名：	Software Suite Designed To Strengthen Management, Safety
正文语种：	eng
作者：	SHELLEY BYRNE
摘要：	Ripple Operations has debuted a suite of software purpose-built for the inland marine industry that works both online and offline so that limited internet connectivity is not a problem. Ripple, as the software is known, began with tools for tracking compliance but quickly expanded to add maintenance and crew management options, said Chad Mitchell, Ripple Operations CEO. Boosted by artificial intelligence, Ripple can also put a company's towing safety management system (TSMS) into action by using a series of "smart triggers." For that reason, company representatives sometimes describe it as "Sub M in a box." Dean Shoultz, founder and chief technology officer, explained some of Ripple's capabilities, including turning TSMS lists into actionable itettis. For example, if a vessel is approaching the Vicksburg Bridge, which is notorious in the navigation community, the system knows exactly where the vessel is, how many barges are in tow and what they are carrying and could respond with screen prompts that include approach checklists as configured by users that pop up from 1 to 3 miles in advance. The system also monitors the boat's speed in real time and can generate alerts back to the office if it detects an anomaly, such as a speed too fast for conditions. Designed for simplicity of use, the system also has drag and drop graphic capability so that if a boat is dropping off barges at a fleet, the system recognizes the boat is arriving, prompting a screen where the pilot can drag and drop a graphic of the correct barge in the tow diagram at the fleet in an instant instead of making a log entry to note the business transaction, Shoultz said.
出版年：	2023
期刊名称：	The Waterways Jouranl
卷：	137
期：	21
页码：	24-25