These generally fall into one of two categories but they could also be a combination of the first two points;
- Assists you to do things you do today more accurately and efficiently
- Assists you to do things of commercial and operational benefit that you can’t do today
Also;
- It’s a central repository, with shared access, but crucially the data is collected, consistently collated, classified and kept up to date by a team of trained professionals
- It improves collaborative working across multiple departments, sites and possibly other organisations (consultants, concessions, suppliers, contractors, etc…)
- Files and images can be associated, stored and displayed against any asset (these can also be made available for download)