Confusion around IHM - Part 2

摘要

What counts is how smart, thought-through and transparent the approach is for being cost-effective. Manual maintenance is not suitable, an efficient software tool combining expert knowledge with artificial intelligence is required for covering the life-cycle of ships. Owners can use such a tool or involve service suppliers for being unburdened completely and sharing of liabilities. The process starts with basic purchasing data (ship, article, supplier, quantity shared ideally via an API) and relevant items are selected for IHM-Maintenance. For those the suppliers are requested to provide MD and SDoC, who often need to gather information from their supply chains. Documents received are reviewed on compliance aspects. Often hazardous materials are declared even though they are excluded from the IHM-scope (e.g. soldering points, metal alloys). That creates unnecessary entries in the IHM, which impacts the asset value. Declaring presence of hazardous materials is generally rare and only those require a follow-up onboard in case of installation, relocation or removal. Such activities are to be reflected in the ship specific IHM and Maintenance Report which are subject to PSC control and re-certification at least every five years.