Vessel Management System
 A real time reporting and booking system for nautical charts while on voyage for safe routing of the vessel
	
Situation
- A globally renowned NOAA and Admiralty chart Agent since 1920
 - Global distributor of nautical charts for vessels
 - Exclusive distributor of cutting edge marine software with scalable and flexible options
 - Needed a system that would allow users to check availability of charts and order them
 
Challenge
- Comprehend vessel management
 - Create UI for website
 - Define the requirements
 - Disjoint database
 
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WhiteHedge Solution
- Fixed the bugs for the existing desktop UI
 - Defined the requirements to create the website
 - Created an environment to link the disjoint data bases for smooth operation
 - Created various level of users and defined the rights assigned to them
 - Developed a requisition form for multiple users
 
Technology
- .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET, C#.Net,AJAX
 - IIS
 - SQL Server 2005 (including reporting services)
 - Microsoft application blocks
 
Value Addition
- Reduced physical rush of customers to get charts
 - Status visibility of the charts for a particular vessel
 - Tracking system for the requisition posted
 - Real time reporting system while on voyage
 - Easy to access via internet
 
“WhiteHedge offered solution was a dream come true for the customer by doing research and development, for the project lead to synchronization in a smooth manner. WhiteHedge enabled the customers to
assess feasibility before both parties committed to a long term engagement.”
Head of Weather Data Platform

