Flow
Transform document control and compliance management
Flow is a cloud-based platform that simplifies how shipping companies handle documentation and day-to-day operations. Developed by Forecode, part of the Navarino Group, this SaaS is designed specifically for the maritime sector to transform document control and compliance management.
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ForecodeFlow Functional Nodes
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Crew Management
Developed for easy configuration and automation of Contracts & Crew Planning processes with pre-joining status monitoring, crew matrix with customizable limits per major, along with Appraisals & Paperwork management.
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Manuals Document Control
A centralized point for all controlled documents, including policies, procedures, safety and equipment manuals. It provides automated change log between manuals’ revisions, indexed search per manual or across all manuals, indexed highlighting for easier metadata documentation, rank-based responsibilities overview, manual grouping with unlimited levels and vessel-specific manuals support.
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Forms Record Keeping & Document Control
Record management with form types grouping, custom approval cycles per form between on board & ashore approvers, form builder with 15 machine-readable field types, dedicated inventory management and frequency submission matrix.
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Change Management
Indexed Suggestions & Change Requests, Changes’ acknowledgement management per user and company-wide, automated side-by-side changes highlighting from revision to revision and single-step publishing of revisions based on approved change requests.
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Controlled Communications
Central management, distribution and acknowledgment monitoring for Bulletins, Letters, Campaigns, Notices and any other controlled communication between the head office and the vessels.
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Certificates Management
Management of vessels’ & head office certificates information and files, with zero-click monitoring of expiration dates and inline historical progression of each certificate and endorsement.
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Internal/External Inspections & Audits
Record keeping and statistics for each type of inspection and management of each inspection’s findings & action plan. Also easy creation and versioning of custom inspection templates for all internal checklist-type of questionnaires & audit forms.
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Centralised Action Follow Up Plan
This node accumulates all corrective & preventive actions that are related to findings from inspections, audits, vettings or any other sources that require action planning. It provides an overview of each action’s description, due date, responsible person or department and current status, ensuring timely processing and accountability.
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High Risk Onboard Operations
This node streamlines and enhances the efficiency of critical & high risk on board operations. The mariners can easily follow well defined pre-operations and post-operations steps and communicate in real-time with the head office. All this activity is archived in a robust record keeping system and is readily available for audit.
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Port Calls Document Management
A central repository of all documents related to any port call that any vessel from the company’s fleet has made, where all the rest of the fleet and the head office has access to. This library consists of informational documents per port/anchorage, relevant photos, guidance diagrams and any other relevant information for safe and efficient berthing.
Benefits
How It's Different
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Benefits
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Unlimited users (and 5-second creation of new users, from a mobile device)
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Granular roles & permissions (clients can provide access to specific information on demand via their mobile devices)
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Built-in 2FA & SSO with Microsoft Entra
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Built-in digital signature system
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Minimization of emails for all functions covered by all Nodes
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Remote audits on demand
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No maintenance fees
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APIs out of the box (without any additional fee) / very open to integrations
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Dashboard with customizable widgets with data from all functional nodes, including from data within forms
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Proprietary tech data for sync between vessel and land with web sockets (real-time sync)
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Device & OS agnostic, with responsive design (Flow can be used without any installation, by any device with a web browser, independently from the device’s operating system, ie Windows, Mac OS, Ubuntu, iOS, Android etc)
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Offline functionality with device local storage
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Continual software updates OTA on board and ashore (zero downtime upon version updates with containerized infrastructure)
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Robust observability & automation stack (Ansible, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Papertrail)
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Administration panel for the client IT, providing fleet service status & sync monitoring
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Automated Reverse Proxy for on board UI access without the need for access to on board PCs
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True SaaS with zero-maintenance from the client IT