PIM Optimum: Simply better

Many great minds of our time have homed in on the concept and value of simplicity. Albert Einstein is often quoted as saying, “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler”.

Richard P Feynman stated, “If you can’t explain something in simple terms, you don’t understand it.”

Why do things so often seem too complex and too difficult? The idea of “simple” is often wrongly conflated with “easy”.

The ideal solution is often achieved by finding a balance between, “How simple can you make it?” and “How complex does it need to be?”.

PIM Optimum, our integrity management software, does just that. It has been designed to do everything it needs to do, and no more, as simply and intuitively as possible.

It would have been easier to develop a detailed specification and send it to a software house to be coded externally, but we would have lost control and quality would have suffered.

PIM Optimum has a centralised database holding all the inspection information, histories and analyses, offering all users the same information.

That was hard. It would have been easier to use spreadsheets in places to make the interface easier, but data integrity would have suffered.

The complementary tablet-based application works seamlessly and instantly with the main database, granting on-site data input. This speeds up communication.

This was hard. It would have been easier not to link the tablets directly.

PIM Optimum controls all workflows. Each individual involved in the integrity management process has their own inbox of tasks and knows what they need to do.

It would have been easier to rely on procedural control but the human factor will fail us if we solely depend on procedures.

Because the software provides live visibility of inspections, plant condition, and anomalies, PIM Optimum reduces uncertainty, allowing quick access to key information and avoiding confusion and enabling rapid intervention.

It would have been easier to provide daily or monthly reports, but that’s not what was needed.

Through development we have followed our company’s key value: “To deliver a product that we ourselves would be delighted to receive”

PIM Optimum is as simple as it can be, but not simpler. It has been designed by time-served inspection and integrity engineers.

It is simple insofar as it is easy to use, to understand, and to interpret, but this simplicity hides the complexity, capability and competence that is embedded within.

The best software does exactly what you need it to do. It really is that simple.

DESIGNED SIMPLICITY: Martin Worth.