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  • About Us | The Odyssey Platform By Locus Software

    Odyssey - The Cloud solution for Shipping Lines. Built for Shipping Lines, Shipping Agents and NVOCCs. Odyssey The Cloud solution for Shipping Lines About Locus Software Locus Software brings together deep shipping experience with modern technology, creating a new generation of shipping solutions which are easier to implement, easier to use and available anywhere at any time. Our passion is to solve complexity with elegant technology solutions which progressively become part of the shipping industry eco-system. Our focus is simply to deliver value – faster partners Strategic Partners S-Nielsen Advisory Michael Nielsen provides container ocean carriers, logistics and IT companies with business advice and actionable consultancy. After digitizing container shipping at Maersk Line for a decade Michael then Co-founded INTTRA and lead the commercial growth with ocean carriers and their customers making it the largest e-business network in container shipping. INTTRA INTTRA is the largest neutral electronic transaction platform, software and information provider at the centre of the ocean shipping industry. INTTRA's innovative products, combined with the scale of its network, empower its customers to trade with multiple parties and leverage ocean industry information to improve their business. Connecting over 225,000 shipping professionals with more than 50 leading Carriers and 120 plus software alliance partners, INTTRA streamlines the ocean trade process. Over 700,000 container orders are initiated on the INTTRA platform each week, representing more than one-quarter of global ocean container trade. Exis Technologies Exis Technologies, headquartered in Darlington, UK, is the leading supplier of compliance systems for the management of dangerous goods in sea transport. For over 25 years major container shipping lines, ports and shippers have been relying on Hazcheck Systems for regulatory compliance, efficiency and safety in their global operations. 17 of the top 20 container lines are Hazcheck customers www.hazcheck.com PTV Group PTV Group improves mobility and transport by using world-class software, data and scientific know-how gained from over four decades of experience in planning and optimising the movement of goods and people. Recognised as a global market player with German technology we help cities and companies save time and money, enhance their resources and minimise the impact on the environment. Descartes Descartes unites the people and technology that move the world. Descartes’ logistics technology is efficient, flexible, reliable and collaborative. It makes the big look small and the complex seem simple. The world is getting smaller — Descartes is making it smarter, quicker and better. The Logistics Technology Platform fuses the Global Logistics Network — the world's most extensive logistics network covering multiple transportation modes — with the industry’s broadest array of modular, cloud-based, interoperable web and wireless logistics management solutions. The Logistics Technology Platform leverages the world’s largest multimodal logistics community to enable companies to quickly and cost-effectively connect and collaborate. It’s a new paradigm in logistics technology, designed to accelerate time-to-value and increase productivity and performance for businesses of all sizes. WNS WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS) is a global Business Process Management (BPM) leader. WNS offers business value to 200+ clients around the world by combining operational excellence with deep domain expertise in key industry verticals, including banking and financial services, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, media and entertainment, consulting and professional services, retail and consumer packaged goods, telecom, shipping and logistics, travel and leisure, and utilities. CONTACT Locus Software Tel +44 (0)20 8242 4443 [email protected] Head Office 250 Fowler, Farnborough Business Park, Farnborough, GU14 7JP United Kingdom

  • Odyssey – The Cloud Solution for Shipping lines by Locus Software

    Operations Management System for Shipping Carriers and Agents offering a Fully Integrated Customer Facing Platform. Odyssey provides Seamless Integration with 3rd party Shipper Platforms providing Digital Connectivity with Terminals, Depots and Customs. Delivered to over 40 countries by Locus Software. Odyssey The Cloud solution for Shipping Lines Kaleris Acquires Locus Software Operations Management System for Carriers and Agents Fully Integrated Customer Facing Platform Seamless Integration with 3rd party Shipper Platforms Digital Connectivity with Terminals, Depots and Customs Digital Transformation for Ocean Carriers Best in Class Native Cloud Technology Security Resilience Load Balancing Scalability Active Performance Monitoring Digital Transformation Advanced Connectivity Collaboration Automation & Exception Management Single Version of the Truth Extensive Company Preferences Digital Platform Integration Innovation Yield Management Adaptive Workflows Advanced Analytics Machine Intelligence Continuous Enhancements New Technologies ROI ROI Return on Investment Efficiency and Cost Savings through automation, reduced process time and collaboration with agents. Improved Cash Collection through invoice accuracy and automated calculation of demurrage and detention. Greater Customer Satisfaction and Service Differentiation through great customer experience, responsiveness, and accuracy. Competitive Advantage or Just Survival Plan Your Escape Constrained by your legacy systems? Too much manual effort? Unable to adapt to new requirements? Feeling trapped? Escape to a solution that truly enables your business Find out more... Request a demo CONTACT ARRANGE A DEMO Contact Locus Software and Learn More about Odyssey Tel +44 (0)20 8242 4443 [email protected] Head Office 250 Fowler Avenue, Farnborough Business Park, Farnborough, GU14 7JP United Kingdom First Name Last Name Email Phone Number Message Submit Thank up for submitting the form! We will be in touch to arrange a demonstration.

  • ODYSSEY KNOWLEDGE – Cloud Solution for Shipping lines by Locus Software

    Plan the escape from your legacy IT system to a new vision. Read more to determine the Benefits of Odyssey by Locus Software. Knowledge is Power Frequently Asked Questions Plan your Escape Escape Plan Your Escape My current system is old but sort of works so why change? To compete or just to survive, carriers today are looking to technology as an enabler of change. Legacy systems are likely to perpetuate old business practices and severely constrain the ability to be responsive to customer expectations. My current system is highly customized for our unique requirements - would it be better to build our own? Older systems were generally built for a specific carrier and therefore needed substantial modification to meet the needs of other carriers. By design and using modern technologies, we are able to provide extensive user configuration options which enable adaptation to each specific carrier's requirements. This offers substantial advantages over the risk and cost of in-house development. What about the risk of disruption to our business? Our proven Odyssey Implementation Plan will ensure control of the project and will minimize the impact on the business. Because we are a cloud solution there is no need for hardware, software and IT support to implement the system. We provide a rapid setup and minimum time to go live. Implementing our current system was painful and expensive, and we do not have the appetite to do this again. As a modern flexible solution built using the latest technology and designed specifically for carriers, Odyssey is designed to resolve the challenges of legacy solution and their implementation, significantly reducing the resource requirement, time and costs and ensuring a smooth fast transition. Can we take our time and just replace one component at a time? A module by module replacement is sub-optimal at best, is more expensive and generally perpetuates all the issues with the current legacy systems. Odyssey implements a high degree of end-to-end integration and use of digital connectivity which ensures rapid implementation and a shorter time to benefit. Request a demo We would move to a new system if it is cheaper than the current one. The cost of maintaining a legacy system is rarely just the annual software maintenance fee. We give some guidelines on actual costs in the determine the BENEFITS section below. Implementation of a new solution also delivers substantial upside returns not available through continued use of legacy solutions. Define the Vision What does a modern software solution for a carrier look like? Modern solutions are very different from legacy solutions which were primarily a collection of functional modules sitting on one or more databases. To meet current and future needs a solution needs to incorporate technology and functionality in the following SEVEN areas (we call these the 7 pillars of next-generation carrier technology - the unique blueprint of the Odyssey platform). Scope: No longer restricted to the internal requirement of a carrier, Odyssey supports the end-to-end process including customer, shipper portals, agents, ports, terminals and depots. A network approach ensures inter-operation, connectivity and inter-enterprise workflows as well as providing added value to existing and new carriers as the network continues to grow. Technology: Where legacy solutions were on-premise or hosted, Odyssey operates in the cloud - benefiting from ease of adoption, connectivity and collaboration as well as increased performance, availability and cyber-security. Delivering the software as a service (SaaS) eliminates many of the risks and costs associated with legacy and non-cloud solutions by avoiding technology and solution obsolescence and ensuring all carriers on the platform benefit from continued research, development and enhancements. Odyssey Connect is the powerful foundation for the Odyssey solution enabling digital connectivity while also accommodating new technologies such as APIs, IoT, AI, Machine Learning, Elastic Search, and Blockchain as a few relevant examples. Integrity: A 'Single Version of the Truth' - real-time consistency of data at all times for all participants and all users. One up-to-date version of the Schedule, of Bookings, of Tariffs, of Equipment, of everything - for everyone! Agility: Legacy solutions were often functionally rich but this functionality was often developed for a single carrier and implemented in a rigid way making it difficult to be adapted for another carrier or to reflect changes in requirements. Odyssey benefits from a technology foundation which allows significant levels of user-driven configuration and adaptability to minimize implementation time and cost and to ensure ongoing adaptation to new business processes and requirements. Customer-Focus: Legacy systems often reflected the previous asset focus and commodity nature of the shipping business and therefore were primarily focused on the operation of the carrier alone. With carriers recognizing the need to offer increased customer service, Odyssey incorporates a comprehensive portfolio of customer-facing functions (typically white labelled with a carrier's brand), improved data quality and increased responsiveness designed to drive customer loyalty and to provide service differentiation. Automation and Digitization: Data increasingly makes the world go round and a modern solution, therefore, needs to enable end-to-end digital operation, automation and ease of digital connectivity. Odyssey is unique in its powerful technology infrastructure which supports an extensive range of digitization options. Intelligence: As data has become an asset (through consistency, real-time availability and quality), Odyssey has incorporated a range of decision support and intelligence tools to aid operational, tactical and strategic decision-making through the use of advanced analytics, algorithms, AI and Machine Learning. Will a new solution provide competitive differentiation? Competitive Differentiation is enabled by technology in combination with Service, Process and People. Technology alone does not provide differentiation but is a vital component and key to ensuring that execution delivers to the service expectation. Odyssey is designed specifically as a customer-facing solution supporting service differentiation with seamless integration to, and real-time consistency with, the operational functions of the platform. Is this only for the largest carriers? Technology increasingly allows middle-sized and smaller carriers to provide a cost-effective solution and service previously only available to the very largest carriers. We use a Maturity Matrix Template tool to help a carrier understand where they are today, where they aspire to be and where they need to be at a minimum. This provides a template for the degree of transformation required and how best to enable this with a new technology. Request a demo Vision Determine the Benefits My current system only costs me annual maintenance, so a new system will be more expensive? The true cost of legacy systems is typically much greater than the annual maintenance including for example; Hardware, Database Software, Network infrastructure and other infrastructure costs, maintenance and replacement costs. IT resource (internal and outsourced) IT services costs including customizations, EDI connectivity, peripheral solutions, interfaces etc. Upgrade costs to implement new versions of database and operating system Upgrade costs for the legacy system itself typically associated with installation and testing of a new release and the redevelopment and testing of customizations and interfaces The cost profile of a cloud based solution smooths the cost over time as there is no up-front software license fee and no support and maintenance cost. We have been able to cost-justify implementation of Odyssey for some carriers purely on the basis of transition from legacy technology to a cloud solution even without taking into account the significant economic benefits outlined below. Request a demo How do I cost justify replacement of my current system? Carriers who have implemented Odyssey realize benefits across the following areas: Reduced IT Infrastructure Costs: As outlined above Increased Efficiencies: Reduced end-to-end process times (for example a reduction in the time to produce a door-to-door quotation from 2-3 days to less than 10 minutes), significant reduction in manual interventions, improved collaboration with Agents, less fire-fighting. Efficiencies result in lower costs, the ability to grow without increasing costs and/or the more effective deployment of resources. Increased Cash Collection: Improved demurrage, detention and storage recovery, reduction in quotation and pricing errors, reduced time to invoice and reduction in invoicing errors. Improved Customer Service: Reduce firefighting and customer issues, increased data quality and responsiveness, increase customer retention, improve customer experience through customer portal and online facilities We work with carriers to assist in the construction of a compelling business case using the Odyssey Business Case Template . Benefit CONTACT ARRANGE A DEMO Contact Locus Software and Learn More about Odyssey First Name Last Name Email Phone Number Message Submit Thank up for submitting the form! We will be in touch to arrange a demonstration. Tel +44 (0)20 8242 4443 [email protected] Head Office 250 Fowler, Farnborough Business Park, Farnborough, GU14 7JP United Kingdom

  • ODYSSEY PLATFORM – Cloud Solution for Shipping lines by Locus Software

    Odyssey from Locus Software is a new solution delivered in the cloud as a service which, ​ Requires NO capital outlay. Has Unlimited Number of Users. Manages complexity through powerful configuration tools and user-defined preferences. Provides a path to full digitization. Incorporates a full function eCommerce portal. Odyssey Platform It's time for Change ROI Odyssey It's time for a Change Odyssey from Locus Software is a new solution delivered in the cloud as a service which: Requires NO capital outlay Unlimited Number of Users Manages complexity through powerful configuration tools and user-defined preferences Provides a path to full digitization Incorporates a full function eCommerce portal Escape to a solution that truly enables your business Odyssey is a single unified cloud platform designed specifically for the needs of the shipping industry - providing comprehensive functionality based on leading-edge technology, guaranteeing a single version of the truth for all users, agents and customers. Unlike other solutions, Odyssey is built on a unique technology platform - Odyssey Connect - designed to deliver the collaboration and connectivity essential for ocean carriers without the burden of significant integration effort and cost. Odyssey is designed for ease of access, low-cost implementation, and speed to value. Find out more... Because Odyssey is delivered in the cloud we help you get live fast, with minimum up front investment: No software or hardware investment No requirement for on-site IT support Access from any location, anywhere, anytime A technology stack which is always up to date State of the art security High availability and performance Odyssey is delivered as a Service. Unlike other solutions, this means much more than just a different pricing model. Connectivity to a significant number of Ports, Terminals and Depots available out of the box, and additional connections implemented as required. Out of the box connectivity to INTTRA Commitment to a continuous program of enhancements delivering a roadmap of additional functions and features and avoiding costly software upgrades No maintenance or upgrade costs Online Service Desk Proactive Service and Application Performance Monitoring (APM) ensuring high availability, service quality and performance Request a demo CONTACT ARRANGE A DEMO Contact Locus Software and Learn More about Odyssey First Name Last Name Email Phone Number Message Submit Thank up for submitting the form! We will be in touch to arrange a demonstration. Tel +44 (0)20 8242 4443 [email protected] Head Office 250 Fowler, Farnborough Business Park, Farnborough, GU14 7JP United Kingdom

  • ODYSSEY VALUE – Cloud Solution for Shipping lines by Locus Software

    Through a simple, and time-efficient 3 step process, our shipping industry experts and technology experts will take you on a journey of Assessment, Analysis and Value Propersition. Odyssey Value Assessment Our unique Value Assessment process is designed to assist Ocean Carriers in developing a vision and cost justification for a transition away from the constraints and costs of legacy solutions. Where am I? ROI Value Assessment Through a simple, and time-efficient 3 step process, our shipping industry experts and technology experts will take you on a journey: Phase 1: Assessment Using our Value Assessment ‘Maturity Matrix’ we analyse your current environment through a combination of data gathering, on-site and web interviews and future state solution ‘teasers’. Timberly Williams Phase 2: Analysis We analyse the information gathered in Phase 1 - looking at current Pains as well as potential Gains , and work with you to translate this into a realistic high-level business case. Phase 3: Value Proposition Shortly after Phase 2 we present senior management with a Value Proposal report backed up with a presentation and discussion of findings Find out more... Request a demo CONTACT ARRANGE A DEMO Contact Locus Software and Learn More about Odyssey First Name Last Name Email Phone Number Message Submit Thank up for submitting the form! We will be in touch to arrange a demonstration. Tel +44 (0)20 8242 4443 [email protected] Head Office 250 Fowler, Farnborough Business Park, Farnborough, GU14 7JP United Kingdom

  • ODYSSEY DIFFERENCE – Cloud Solution for Shipping lines by Locus Software

    Odyssey is designed to support the complex workflows, collaborations and interactions essential for ocean carriers, their agents and customers ​Odyssey is built on Odyssey Connect a unique technology platform supporting Digital transformation Odyssey Difference A comprehensive integrated solution covering all commercial, operational and cost functions Footprint Odyssey's broad scope functional footprint Unlike other ocean shipping solutions... Odyssey is designed to support the complex workflows, collaborations and interactions essential for ocean carriers, their agents and customers Odyssey is built on Odyssey Connect a unique technology platform supporting Digital transformation Odyssey utilizes modern technology tools to maximize ease of use, business process optimization and solution flexibility Odyssey incorporates Customer eCommerce and Self-service tools which integrate directly with the operational solution driving high levels of customer service, data quality and competitive differentiation Odyssey is purpose-built true cloud technology which accelerates innovation, enhances cyber-security and allows IT budgets to be redeployed Request a demo CONTACT ARRANGE A DEMO Contact Locus Software and Learn More about Odyssey First Name Last Name Email Phone Number Message Submit Thank up for submitting the form! We will be in touch to arrange a demonstration. Tel +44 (0)20 8242 4443 [email protected] Head Office 250 Fowler, Farnborough Business Park, Farnborough, GU14 7JP United Kingdom

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