ONBOARD Magazine summer 2019

MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
VOLY
Yacht Accounting the Modern Way. The only multicurrency
accounting and payments platform with a
fully integrated prepaid card designed specifically
for the yachting industry. Voly is tailored to all clients
connecting ship to shore simultaneously with a
customised reports suite for dedicated users all
with data security at its core. Voly utilises the latest
technologies in the form of a mobile crew app for
expense reporting online and offline, coupled with
an integrated prepaid MasterCard. The prepaid card
ensures all transactions are recorded directly into Voly,
meaning no more monthly reconciliation! The Voly
integrated payments platform allows administrators to
pay suppliers directly through the accounting platform
alongside access to operational accounts for full
financial management; one system for all your needs.
For more details Tel: + 44 (0)7968 123015
or visit www.voly.co.uk
SOS are currently beta testing their latest creation: a digital
Guest Preference Database. It can be used as a stand-alone
product or integrated with any of the Luxe, vessel management
or ISM products. It completely removes the need for handwritten
preference sheets and the cumbersome scanning, emailing and
printing process that entails. Guests are sent an invitation from
the yacht and they can complete and submit their preferences
on their phone, tablet or computer.
Says Hardi, “Our clients appreciate the automatic software
upgrades they all benefit from’every three months, knowing that
we continuously develop Deep Blue to match the best yachting
standards,’working in collaboration with yachting professionals
for yacht operators. Our community of users and clients is very
demanding but this is what challenges us every day and this
is what has’made Deep Blue successful in this niche market.”
Nowadays everything is right there ready at the push of a
button and perhaps the day of a fully automated crew-free
superyacht is not that far off in the future. But where would
be the fun in that?
The important thing to recognise is that in the past, on board
technology in these departments has perhaps been behind
those of similar businesses ashore. I’m sure the global 5 star
hotel chains have had interior management systems, predictive
maintenance systems and all-in-one accountancy systems for
many years. It’s just taken the yachties a little time to adopt
these practices but perhaps the techies have only just discovered
that our industries needs these practices. Or did they think that
an industry with a little over 5,000 targets wasn’t worth the
investment? What ever the reason, it’s here and it is definitely
improving life on board for the crew and guests.
It will definitely become a larger part of the business, but
maybe, just maybe, it will allow you sailors to get back to what
you do best.
TOTAL SUPERYACHT
Unlike the average Planned Maintenance System (built by engineers for
engineers), Total Superyacht is a comprehensive Vessel Management
System catering to the needs of every department on board. Its ground
breaking design has a fresh approach and functions in the ways crew
really need. The founders, of Superyacht Operating Systems (made up
of veteran yacht crew and well established as the industry’s leading
standard operating procedure experts), collaborated for three years with
some of the most respected management companies and DPAs to ensure
that the built-in one-of-a-kind all inclusive digital compliance solution
would be an industry standout. Its first rate features also include the
ability to work offline.
For more details email app@SuperyachtOS.com
or visit www.TotalSuperyacht.com
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