Web-based ERP System with GIS for Facilities Maintenance in Maritime Cargo Terminals

Abstract

The civil facilities in maritime cargo terminals must be maintained to prevent uninterrupted services in handling cargo as well as to defer the stoppage of the whole port supply chain. These facilities include wharves, yards, warehouse and piping, and all the components attached to these which are needed to support the port operations. Given the vast area of the maritime cargo terminals (a terminal may consist of several berths of which the area is 10-100 ha each), identifying the exact location of each facility with its current condition information is important for the decision makers to design proper repair actions for the damaged parts of the facilities. Hence, GIS is needed. ERP frameworks offer advantages that can be adopted in facilities maintenance system. However, GIS is not yet supported by the frameworks. This paper presents the design of the proposed ERP system with GIS module and its implementation. To facilitate interactive maps and to display high quality of maps on web browsers, Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format is adopted. The system has passed the user acceptance test and is used by the largest maritime cargo terminals in Indonesia.