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3. Benefits and risks
Benefits for the owner in a new building or repair project are:
1. Instead of calling for information from the yard they can pick up the information themselves. Not
having to send drawings and other information will save man-hours and cost.
2. This tool can improve communication with the main office and the onsite office reducing travel
cost.
3. The possibility to access the design during the basic design stage will allow the owner better to
affect the design, so that right decisions are made from the beginning and costly rework could be
avoided.
4. Crew and other users can get familiar with the ship via Tribon, reducing rework and training cost.
5. Port staff and port equipment suppliers can use the design to test port equipment.
Benefits for the yard in a new building or repair project are:
1. Instead of sending information on demand, the yard gives access to the information, and the
owners can pick up the information themselves. Not having to send drawings and other
information will save man-hours and cost.
2. Misunderstandings and disputes can be avoided, since the yard always has access to the design.
Some yards could feel that it is risky to put up the PIM on the Internet, allowing intruders to get
access to the network via the PIM and the Internet. In order to avoid this, an automatically created
copy could be put on the Internet once a day. The copy could be put on a stand-alone PC with no
access to the network.
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