A ferry-terminal operations desk compares a cheap general model with a specialized boarding-announcement model they must retrain whenever tide windows and vessel assignments change. How should the leader score the specialized option?
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Short Explanation
Score the specialized boarding-announcement model on lifetime retrain cost when tide windows and vessel assignments change, not first-month polish alone. Later retrains are not free, and an agent-builder stack does not erase that ownership bill.
Full Explanation
A specialized model’s first-month polish is not the full bill. Whenever tide windows or vessel assignments change, the office pays to retrain or the announcements drift. Lifetime refresh is part of ownership cost. Compare that total with a general model plus current facts, not with a one-month sample.