AUDIT CONSIDERATIONS

• Are sites standardized? (HMI, Infrastructure, Connectivity, Applications, Tagging)​

• Existing Infrastructure and connectivity​

• Is there an MOC process to ensure consistency? ​

• User Data requirements: operators, engineers, others? ​

• What are reporting requirements? (EHS, Regulatory, Accounting)​

• How is data currently collected and stored? Automated? Are forms created from local data sources? ​

• Are there historians on site? Is there a corporate historian?​

• Cybersecurity, who maintains, access, generic logins at sites? Possible considerations of physical security.​

• Goals for the data​

• Site assets and maintenance programs, data requirements.​

• Corporate data requirements​

• Site KPIs

• Data driven optimization is impossible without understanding current state; what data is available and where.​

• Lack of standardized systems and processes result in unusable data.​

• Data quality issues destroy digital technology initiatives.

Challenge