Smart Survey Booking

Purpose

Use Smart Survey Booking to manage survey requirements more efficiently with respect to time, scope, and cost. It helps you plan, compare, and optimize survey booking decisions to reduce operational impact and administrative effort

What Smart Survey Booking improves

Smart survey booking improves the survey booking process in four dimensions:

Transparency
Offering transparency on estimated travel / overtime cost in advance for a given port stay

Benchmarking
Benchmark alternative port stay options with respect to travel / overtime cost and combination of scope

Smartness
Proactive notification of upcoming, cost-effective combinations of surveys reflecting smart class systematics

Efficiency
Ensuring more time and guidance for preparation of surveys and audits. Reduced administration cost

By use of the smart survey scope and proper planning, it is possible to reduce the interference from class on the day to day operations by less class surveys and helping you to prepare for surveys and audits & reduce shore and on-board admin time.

Features in Smart Survey Booking

Smart Survey Booking is available in Fleet service and includes the following features:

	Pro-active notification Pro-active notification when the best time to order surveys and audits start and warn them prior to expiry.
	Smart scope proposal The tool will propose smart scope packages including surveys and time estimate.
	Improved port information Overview of Approved Service suppliers in each port (Country basis) and information if in-water survey can be performed.
	Upfront cost-estimate Estimated travel and overtime cost of survey combinations for any given port stays based on time of arrival and departure.
	Bench-marking of possible ports By using automatically calculated cost-estimates and possible scope in each port, the client can compare and benchmark ports. Note: For container vessels the system will propose port calls based on information DNV retrieves from an external source.
	Efficient preparations Relevant Survey preparation notes are attached to the survey confirmation. Terms and Conditions handled online during survey booking.

How Smart Survey Booking works

Smart Survey Booking uses algorithms to identify the “sweet spot(s)” where the maximum number of survey scope items can be combined.

This is done by assessing the initiation and expiration dates for class surveys, audits and conditions.

This is called the Smart Scope.

You will receive notification emails:

When the time window of the Smart Scope opens
Before the Smart Scope window closes.

By following the Smart Scope recommendations, you can:

Reduce disturbance to ship and shore operations
Minimize the need to organize several surveys in multiple ports.