Traditionally, shipping companies have relied purely on the data from their incident management systems (IMS) to help them discover and fix onboard issues. This data is useful, but incomplete. An IMS will usually only show the specific reason for an incident occurring, rather than including all the underlying issues that lead up to that point.
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