Patent ID: 7164958

Claim:
A modification planning arrangement for a paper, board, finishing, or pulp machine, which includes as parties to the arrangement, a customer, a main supplier and at least one sub-supplier, as well as a server linked to them over a telecommunications network, wherein each one of said parties is equipped with terminal equipment and software for viewing an image stored in the server and for communication taking place in a data network, the image-viewing software including a mark-up function for attaching a mark-up to an image and for storing the mark-up in the server as its own mark-up file in connection with the image, and in which the main supplier has at its disposal a high-level computer-aided design system, in order to make and process an original drawing, the improvement comprising: the arrangement includes conversion and management software for the original drawing, for storing the necessary drawing in concept form in a selected server, and that the arrangement includes a mark-up data updating system for distributing it automatically to all the parties; wherein the data-network has connections over a secure data-transfer link; and a sales configurator integrated with the planning arrangement to determine at least in part a price of a final modification plan and to form a written tender, the final modification plan including a modular concept drawing or 3D model, and the written tender is sent by the main supplier over the secure data-transfer link to the customer, the tender including a technical specification, which incorporates an operating description and itemizes the components to be supplied, the extent of delivery, works, and the date and price of the delivery.