All types of organizations and operational processes demand a variety of audits and assessments to evaluate compliance with requirements, ranging from government regulations, to industry codes, to management system standards (e.g., ISO, GFSI), to internal obligations. Audits and assessments capture regulatory compliance status, management system conformance, supplier compliance, adequacy of internal controls, potential risks, and best practices. In short, audits and assessments are essential for improving and verifying compliance performance, internal controls, potential risks, and best practices.

Having the right tool for the job can make audits significantly more efficient. This includes the protocol and templates developed as part of pre-audit preparation, as well as audit/assessments tools that may be used to conduct and manage audits more efficiently and effectively. The KTL Assessment App is a comprehensive audit management solution built on the Microsoft Power Platform and Dataverse that enables organizations to more efficiently create, manage, and execute audits, while managing and tracking corrective actions.

Functionality: What does it do?

KTL’s Assessment App supports the entire audit lifecycle. Users can conduct audits and assessments from desktop or mobile devices, record responses, capture comments, attach photos, track progress, and assign corrective actions. The app features a fully customizable framework that enables organizations to build robust audit programs tailored to their specific regulatory, operational, and business requirements.

The solution works through three applications:

• Assessment Report App: The Assessment Report App allows managers to review audit findings and manage corrective actions. The application supports PDF report generation and sharing to improve communication and compliance documentation.
• Assessment Management App: The Assessment Management App serves as the administrative hub. Administrators can create and manage assessment templates, data, and configuration settings.
• Assessment App: The Assessment App is the primary user-facing application used to conduct audits and assessments. Available on desktop and mobile devices, it allows auditors to view audits, answer questions, upload supporting evidence, and track progress. Scoring and progress tracking provide real-time insight into assessment progress.

Benefits: Why do you need it?

KTL’s Assessment App helps organizations manage audits and assessments more consistently, efficiently, and transparently. By centralizing setup, execution, reporting, and corrective action tracking, the app improves visibility into audit status, strengthens accountability, and supports better compliance decision-making.

• Program setup and administration: Add and manage users, locations, standards, audit types, assessment templates, and scoring models.
• Audit execution: Record responses, comments, and supporting evidence; monitor assessment progress and completion status in real time; and automatically calculate scores throughout the audit process.
• Reporting and decision support: Generate reports and PDF summaries that support compliance reviews and provide management with clear information for decision-making.
• Corrective action management: Track corrective actions to ensure findings are assigned, addressed, and resolved.
• Data security: Protect assessment data through role-based access controls and permissions.

With assessment management, automation, reporting, and corrective action tracking in one platform, KTL’s Assessment App gives organizations a more reliable way to manage audit programs, capture compliance status, identify trends, and drive continuous improvement.

Technology Used

• Dataverse
• Power Apps
• Power Automate