Breakbulk Americas 2017 TechZone Preview

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TECHTALKS

DEMOS

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 18

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 18

11:30 AM – 12:20 PM: JADE LOGISTICS

10:30 AM – 10:50 AM & 4:00 PM – 4:20 PM: AGILITY PROJECT LOGISTICS

Recording activities in real time on the terminal is crucial to speeding up operations, keeping on target and maintaining accurate cargo status. Jade Logistics offers a new suite of web mobile apps that takes the TOS out of the office and into the work points. The intuitive web apps can be used in vehicles or hand-held devices around the terminal.

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The “eye in the sky” offers valuable, and previously unavailable perspectives on operations that can transform processes and procedures—doing things safer, faster and with increased ROI. Agility will discuss how it has piloted drone technologies for remote observation of vessel loading operations, site security enforcement, equipment inspection, hazard identification, laydown yard site management and employee training.

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM: SPOTSEE Identify damage in your operations in real-time with world case damage detection technology on an IoT global network. SpotSee, parent company to ShockWatch, launches SpotBot, an impact recorder connected to the cloud that spots damage and sees it in real time.

2:00 PM – 2:50 PM: XL LIFTS If you are like most companies, you probably use a system of clipboards, static forms, and manual processes for equipment maintenance. These methods put a company at risk for data entry errors; lost paperwork; or even worst, inspections that just don’t get done. See how progressive companies are using the Heavy Equipment Checklist solution, the industry’s first equipment maintenance, safety inspection and OSHA compliance software powered by MYMIC Training Technologies, to modernize their equipment maintenance operations.

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3:00 PM – 3:50 PM: MAGNI TELESCOPIC HANDLERS World leader, Magni Telescopic Handlers will introduce its HTH line of heavy-lift, fixed boom telehandlers at Breakbulk Americas. The HTH line is extremely versatile and offers seven machines capable of handling loads from 22,000 lbs. to 99,000 lbs.—the heaviest of any machine available—and with lift heights from 31 to 46 feet.

Exceptionally well suited for moving cargo, the Magni HTH offers outstanding power and maneuverability. Magni HTH machines are an alternative to using large capacity forklifts and straddle carriers.

They can carry out heavy lifting applications to allow for greater flexibility and cost savings.

THURSDAY, OCT. 19 10:30 AM – 10:50 AM & 1:00 PM – 1:20 PM: AGILITY PROJECT LOGISTICS See above.

ONGOING THROUGHOUT EVENT: JADE LOGISTICS Try out Jade’s new terminal velocity apps to understand how they can streamline your terminal’s operations.

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY Robot in the Plant Module Transport Simulation Physical, Cyber and Infrastructure Security Drones in the Field Six Sigma and Supply Chain Information Sharing in Action Gamify Training with Augmented and Virtual Reality LEARN MORE: P. 3

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NEW APPS TO BE UNVEILED AT BREAKBULK AMERICAS A conversation with Delphine Ducaruge, Product Manager, Jade Logistics, sponsor of TechZone Americas

THE IMPORTANCE OF REAL-TIME

There are people in the field who are doing a whole bunch of things like stuffing and unstuffing a container, taking cargo onto a truck and checking to make sure it hasn’t arrived damaged, or getting cargo off a ship. All these events that happen every day don’t get recorded in real time. Our apps give the ability to people in the terminal to record this information as soon as it happens. That means that terminal and yard managers can act on those events as soon as they happen and track company KPIs over time. Nothing gets missed.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

When you have a truck and you want to put a number of pieces of cargo on it, you can open the app and it will give you a list of everything that is to go on the truck. You can go down the list and select “damage” or “no damage” for each piece. Once the checklist has been completed, you say “I’m finished” and the truck can now go.

We’ve done a lot of work around checklists.

Damage is just one example. The customer can include checking for dust or insects and anything else that is important. All of this information goes into the system and then a checklist can be made for different operations such as for cargo coming off a ship and later arriving at the yard and when cargo is moved from one warehouse to another.

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ARE THEY EASY TO CONFIGURE?

Very easy—no coding skills required. The configuration piece resides on the desktop.

We have 20 apps that we are working on.

We have apps for people in the yard—people walking around receiving cargo, putting cargo on trucks—these are our handheld apps. We also have handheld apps for rail and ships. Most of these are in use now.

We developed another suite of apps that are vehicle-mounted apps for forklifts and straddles. We’re still working on the vehicle apps and we are going to finish them for Breakbulk Americas. We’ll bring tablets so people can try them.

MAJOR BENEFITS

Unlike old hardware, with our apps you can use accessible and affordable devices like an iPad or Windows tablet for as little as $300. Because you record activities like discharging a ship, you can act right away if there’s a problem. Without this type of technology, you can’t do something about the problem because you can’t see the problem. So if you can act, your bottom line is going to be better.

Learn more about Jade’s Terminal Velocity apps in the TechZone.

Hear the TechTalk on Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 11:30 am, and go hands-on during demo day, Thursday, Oct. 19.

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MICROSOFT HOLOLENS: COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS ARE TRANSFORMING THEIR BUSINESSES Experience it for yourself at Breakbulk Americas in the TechZone with the graduate students from University of Houston, College of Technology.

And see how Bechtel is using HoloLens at the “Technology Innovation in the Project Cargo Industry” session led by Stephen “Spo” Spoljaric, Logistics Manager/ Procurement Innovation Leader, Bechtel Oil, Gas, & Chemicals in the Conference Suite, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm on Thursday, Oct. 19.

Spoljaric will be joined by Andrew Kinsey, Senior Marine Risk Consultant at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, ARC Marine Risk Consulting Representative, John Nixon, Sr. Director: Energy & Utilities, DF PL – Industries, Siemens, and Nikola Hagleitner, CEO Industrial Projects, DHL Global Forwarding.

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We are running an Industry Innovation Partnership to focus on applied research, i.e. R&D, with our industry partners. This partnership provides cost-effective way to engage a multidisciplinary research team in R&D that can generate bottom line savings for our industry partners.

Liang-Chieh (Victor) Cheng

We listen to the industry to identify where improvement is needed or problems lie. In the exploration stage, the research team will refine the problem, brainstorm ideas and select a solution. With a selected solution, the team will proceed with the prototype development to demonstrate the feasibility as well as the potential return-on-investment, or ROI. The industry partner will determine the fundability of the solution based on the prototype and ROI.

NEW DIRECTION FOR UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON’S COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY A conversation with Dr. Liang-Chieh (Victor) Cheng, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Construction Management, and Dr. Lingguang Song, Interim Chair, Construction Management

THE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY IS UNDERTAKING A BROAD RANGE OF APPLIED RESEARCH PROJECTS IN TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS. HOW DO YOU DEVELOP YOUR RESEARCH PROJECTS? There are multiple ways for University of Houston researchers to generate research ideas: 1. Faculty, collaborators, and students very diligently study the state of art and the state of practice and identify gaps in literature and real-world practices for innovations;

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2. Agencies and corporations identify complex problems in operations and/or technological systems and reach out to UH researchers for solutions; 3. Funding agencies announce grant opportunities and solicit innovations in basic and applied research as well as practices.

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SOME PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT TECHNOLOGY REPLACING WORKERS — WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS? Historically, advances in technologies have transformed the labor markets. This is not a new phenomenon. Consider the Industrial Revolution in the past, and the more recent e-commerce, Uber, social media, etc. Each technology disrupts the conventional lifestyle—causing stores to shut down, eroding the taxi business, and perhaps the need for long distance telephone service. All have come with job loss.

There is always a human factor in technology.

We believe in human-centered technology where the technology is designed to truly assist human workers, making them more productive and safer.

New jobs, however, will be created.

Specifically, new technologies require new infrastructures, new hardware and software systems and new practices that will need human interfaces.

Communities and schools need to develop a continued learning ability to be adaptive to the clock speed of disruptive innovations. The UH College of Technology faculty has strived to develop new courses, learning modules, certificate programs, and more that will equip students and communities to be prepared for the next-generation technologies, principles, and practices.

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Graduate students from the University of Houston’s College of Technology will demonstrate their projects all day, Wednesday, Oct. 18 in the TechZone at Breakbulk Americas.

To learn more about the College of Technology, visit www.breakbulk. com/americastech-zone/uhcot

Of the projects your team will be demonstrating at Breakbulk Americas, what is the potential impact of each on the industry? Which are disruptors and why?

AR/VR APPLICATIONS:

The UH research team focuses on transforming paper-based safety training into an immersive gamebased safety training. The developed safety training program puts the trainees into a virtual environment where they need to identify potential safety hazards around them and respond accordingly.

DISRUPTION: Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) have the potential to transform how we operate, communicate, and train.

ROBOTICS AND REAL-TIME SENSING:

There is always a human factor in technology.

We believe in human-centered technology where the technology is designed to truly assist human workers, making them more productive and safer.

Real-time location tracking, autonomous robotic navigation and mapping for material handling, real-time respirable dust monitoring, etc.

DISRUPTION: Robotics and real-time sensing replaces the conventional intermittent monitoring with continuous monitoring of complex operational environments using sensors and mobile robots.

MODULAR SIMULATION:

Utilizing state-of-the-art simulation and optimization techniques, the UH team has designed large-scale transportation and logistics systems for our industry partners. The solutions were enabled by GIS visualization and animation to find optimal inventory, freight, and supply chain solutions.

DISRUPTION: The simulation framework and tools overcome the challenges due to tremendous complexities and uncertainties of global project logistics and produce visualization for planning.

CYBER-PHYSICAL SECURITY:

The Intelligent Monitoring and Alarm System (IMAS) developed by the UH researchers creates intelligent algorithms which can be embedded in the existing camera network or integrated into a new surveillance system to identify potential perpetrators in moving or static states.

DISRUPTION: The cyberphysical security system will reduce the human limitations of fatigue, distractions, or errors which cause security risks.

DRONE:

Unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAV, are pushing the boundaries to more efficiently collect data from the regulated air space.

DISRUPTION: The drone applications bring activities happening off the ground and from a different perspective.

UAV is transforming the construction and related industries.

SIX-SIGMA:

The Design for Six Sigma, or DFSS. methodology was utilized within a marine transportation organization’s supply chain to create a process for effectively and efficiently sharing information about inland tank barge equipment between supply chain members.

DISRUPTION: Six-Sigma provides holistic quality management for the sectors in the breakbulk supply chain.

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NEW EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE SOFTWARE FOR COMPLIANCE AND SAFETY Q+A With Mike Marzahl, President, XL Lifts

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You will be talking about improving equipment maintenance programs and achieving regulatory compliance at TechZone Americas. Will you compare traditional tools with the tech-based ones you are recommending?

What’s wrong with clipboards?!

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Until now, companies have had no other choice but to use manual processes such as clipboards for safety inspections and managing their maintenance programs. But now, thanks to technology such as the Heavy Equipment Checklist, the use of clipboards is no longer the only option.

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Beyond having the proper electronic paper trail to meet regulatory compliance mandated by regulatory bodies such as OSHA or U.S. Coast Guard, one client attributes the software to helping them discover a cracked rim on a forklift that, had it gone unnoticed, could have ended in disaster. Checklists come direct from manufacturers to ensure the right safety-related components are being inspected.

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In addition to preventing accidents, what other benefits are available to companies that adapt the new tools?

There are several problems with clipboards.

Here are just a few: they are inefficient, there is no accountability, they are error-prone, and can get lost. In addition, managers have very little insight into their overall field operations, so managing their maintenance programs efficiently with clipboards is nearly impossible.

This new software not only prevents problems with misfiled or misplaced binders or illegible notes, but also allows managers to make smarter decisions, such as when to repair, or determine when it’s time to replace a piece of equipment.

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Can you give us an example of a situation gone wrong that could have likely been prevented with new tools?

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Once it is launched, the software is very intuitive. With just a few taps, crews can easily complete safety inspections.

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The top benefits of the software include the ability to:

1. Create a stellar maintenance program through insight into the inspection history of all equipment. For example, if a piece of equipment is continually out of service or requiring an inordinate amount of maintenance, a manager can investigate to find out why.

2. Achieve regulatory compliance faster than ever. Instead of filling out a clipboard form, and then perhaps inputting that information into an electronic form, inspections are done in just a few minutes direct in the smart device app.

They are then stored in the cloud and backed up on a regular basis. In addition, inspections are immediately available to managers so if OSHA or the USCG need critical inspection information, managers can provide it instantly.

3. Reduce risks of legal fees and noncompliance penalties. Meeting OSHA or USCG compliance is akin to a tax audit. You are often guilty, until proven innocent. In the unfortunate case of an accident, providing proper inspection and maintenance records is crucial to proving that heavy equipment has been properly inspected and maintained.

4. Keep employees safe through more visibility into equipment in need of maintenance. The cracked forklift rim example given above is just one of the many ways the software is helping companies keep their heavy equipment operators safe.

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Is this an easy transition to make? How should a company make the move?

The transition is super simple.

Employees just need to have basic knowledge of smart apps.

Once it is launched, the software is very intuitive. With just a few taps, crews can easily complete safety inspections. They use a smartphone or tablet camera to scan the customized bar code sticker, launch the manufacturer’s recommended inspection form and tap away.

The world’s largest EPC and energy companies count on Agility to solve complex logistics challenges needing deep subject matter knowledge and expertise anywhere in the world.

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Daily, weekly and monthly forms are dynamically generated depending on the status of the equipment. Once inspections are done, reports are instantly accessible from any computer, smart phone or tablet. Reports can be sorted, viewed and exported by date, passed, failed or needs inspection.

Getting started is made easy with a try before you buy program, in which companies can use the software for free on one piece of equipment. They can sign up at http:// xlliftsinc.com/maintenance. The signup process literally takes just a few minutes. If they like the software, they can add more pieces of equipment, or cancel and have absolutely no further obligation.

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Hear more about XL Lifts’ innovations at its TechTalk on Wednesday, Oct. 18.

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