SpecTec has launched AMOS Procure Smart, an AI-enabled procurement platform designed for maritime fleet operators as the company seeks to tackle what it describes as one of shipping’s less visible but costly inefficiencies.
According to SpecTec, the software brings maintenance planning, inventory records, supplier information and financial controls into a single workflow, with the aim of reducing manual administration and giving operators a clearer view of purchasing needs. T...
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he company said the platform was developed for fleets coping with fragmented data and slow, labour-intensive procurement processes that can drive duplicate buying and higher emergency freight costs.
The launch comes after research conducted by SpecTec across 20 fleet operators covering more than 3,150 vessels. That research found that maritime procurement teams still handle thousands of requests for quotations, purchase orders, invoices and spare-part requests by hand. SpecTec said the same component may be recorded under 12 to 20 different names across a fleet, while invoice-matching failures can exceed 60%.
AMOS Procure Smart uses AI-based three-way invoice matching to compare purchase orders, delivery notes and invoices, including handwritten and scanned documents. It also includes a Part Interchangeability Engine that applies form-fit-function logic to identify equivalent spare parts across vessels, which SpecTec says should help curb unnecessary duplication and improve stock visibility.
The platform is also intended to give operators more forward-looking control. By linking maintenance schedules to parts requirements, SpecTec says fleets can forecast demand three to six months ahead, while routine low-value purchasing can be automated to reduce cycle times and administrative load. Technical superintendents are given visibility of allocated, committed and spent budgets at the approval stage, which the company says should help finance and operations teams monitor spending more closely.
SpecTec said all AI recommendations are logged with confidence scores and remain subject to human approval, with audit trails retained for compliance. The company added that the system is designed to support fleets facing tighter inspection and compliance requirements under frameworks such as SIRE 2.0.
AMOS Procure Smart is built on what SpecTec describes as more than 40 years of maritime operational experience and data from an installed base of 2,530 vessels. The company said the product has been validated through customer research and prototype testing using live procurement workflows, and that it can integrate with existing fleet systems without requiring operators to replace their planned maintenance software.
Adam Dennett, SpecTec’s chief executive, said: “Maritime procurement has been accepted as a necessary inefficiency for too long. Operators know they are losing valuable money and time as a result of fragmented data but existing systems were never designed to solve those structural problems. That’s exactly what AMOS Procure Smart aims to solve by bringing together maintenance, inventory, procurement, and financial intelligence into one connected workflow. It’s built specifically for maritime operations and designed to work with the systems fleets already have in place.”
Source: Noah Wire Services
