ABS Nautical Systems develops fleet management software called NS5. They hold annual user conferences to gather feedback from customers on how to improve the software. The most recent conference highlighted increasing integration needs between class compliance and information management systems. NS5.5 and NS5.6, to be released later this year, will include new features like inspection forms, linking class surveys to maintenance records, barcode scanning for inventory management, and remote database access, all based on customer input. Shipowners provide suggestions that help ABS Nautical Systems continuously evolve their software to meet industry and operational needs.