Digital Compliance & Audit Readiness
Continuous process records. Ready when the audit begins.
Replace fragmented downloads, spreadsheets and periodic readings with centralized, timestamped process records from your existing plant systems.
PlantIQ supports audit readiness and process traceability. Applicable requirements, calibration and validation are confirmed with each customer.
Process records · Pasteurizer A
Record window
02 Aug 2026 · 06:00–14:00
Samples
28,440
In range
99.8%
Outside range
12 min
Access
Role-based
Timestamped history
Outside range · 09:14–09:26Illustrative example: sample data, not a customer result.
Problem
Critical process evidence still lives in loggers, paper, and spreadsheets.
Many plants collect critical process information using standalone data loggers, paper records, or periodic operator readings. That creates fragmented evidence that is hard to search, correlate, or share outside the plant.
Data must be downloaded and transferred manually. Records are distributed across devices, files, and spreadsheets. Information is often reviewed after the event rather than continuously. One periodic reading may miss deviations that happened between readings.
Preparing evidence for an audit can take significant time. Records can be incomplete, difficult to search, or difficult to correlate. Management may not have access outside the plant. A failed sensor, incorrect timestamp, or missing download may not be discovered promptly.
Process records · Pasteurizer A
Record window
02 Aug 2026 · 06:00–14:00
Samples
28,440
In range
99.8%
Outside range
12 min
Access
Role-based
Timestamped history
Outside range · 09:14–09:26Illustrative example: sample data, not a customer result.
Before & after
From fragmented downloads to continuous process records
PlantIQ does not assume the traditional approach is always invalid. Where existing recording equipment must remain in place, PlantIQ can complement or connect to it.
Traditional approach
- Standalone data loggers
- Manual downloads
- Paper or spreadsheet records
- Periodic readings
- Information distributed across devices
- Time-consuming audit preparation
- Limited remote access
With PlantIQ
- Continuous centralized collection
- Live and historical access
- Timestamped records
- Searchable process history
- Automated reports and exports
- Controlled access
- One data foundation for compliance and operations
Where dedicated data loggers must remain, PlantIQ can connect alongside them rather than forcing replacement.
How it works
How PlantIQ turns plant signals into audit-ready records
A continuous digital process-record system that connects to existing PLCs, sensors, meters, SCADA systems and, where required, existing data loggers.
Example equipment: Pasteurizers, CIP systems, Cold rooms, Tanks, Filling equipment.
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Critical equipment and processes
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PLCs, sensors, meters or data loggers
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Secure PlantIQ data collection
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Centralized historical records
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Live dashboards, reports and deviation views
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Quality teams, management, customers and auditors
Key capabilities
Continuous data capture
Collect critical process readings automatically from available PLCs, OPC UA servers, sensors, meters, SCADA systems, or supported data loggers.
Timestamped historical records
Store readings with date and time so users can review exactly what happened during a selected production period, cycle, or event.
Live process visibility
Allow authorized users to view current process conditions without visiting the equipment or manually checking a logger.
Historical trends
Display temperatures, pressures, flows, levels, equipment states, and other relevant parameters over a selected period.
Search and filtering
Select dates, times, equipment, production areas, or process runs to retrieve relevant records quickly.
Reports and exports
Generate controlled reports and export records to formats such as PDF, CSV, or Excel for internal reviews, customers, or auditors.
Deviation visibility
Highlight periods in which a critical reading moved outside an agreed operating range. Not a certified alarm or safety system.
Data retention
Support configurable retention periods based on customer, quality, and contractual requirements.
Controlled access
Provide role-based access so plant management, operations, quality teams, and other approved users see the information appropriate to them.
Remote availability
Make records available through secure web access, subject to the customer’s selected cloud, hybrid, or on-premises deployment model.
Applications
Example equipment and processes
Pasteurization records
Continuously record pasteurization temperatures, holding conditions, flow, and other available parameters so quality teams can demonstrate that required operating conditions were maintained.
CIP cycle records
Capture cycle stages, temperatures, conductivity, flow, chemical concentration indicators, and duration where those signals are available—and review whether the expected cleaning sequence occurred.
Cold-room and refrigeration records
Maintain continuous storage-temperature history and identify prolonged deviations rather than relying on occasional manual readings.
Tank and process-vessel records
Record temperature, pressure, level, agitator state, and other available conditions for preparation or storage tanks.
Filling and packaging records
Maintain relevant process and equipment-state history during production, where the necessary signals are available.
Utility and environmental records
Record water, compressed air, steam, gas, electricity, or environmental conditions when those records support a customer or quality requirement.
Compliance and data-integrity considerations
Implementation requirements
- Correct and synchronized timestamps
- Verified source tags
- Appropriate sensor calibration
- Defined operating limits
- Agreed retention requirements
- User access controls
- Backup and recovery
- Documentation of the data path
- Validation against the customer’s applicable standards and audit expectations
Helpful
- Batch, run, or cycle identifiers for the processes in scope
- Existing logger or SCADA archives that can be connected or complemented
- Clear ownership between quality, operations, and IT/OT for access and retention
Limits
- PlantIQ supports the collection, retention, and presentation of process evidence. It does not independently certify a plant, process, or product.
- PlantIQ is not positioned as a universally certified compliance system.
- It does not always replace dedicated data loggers; it can connect to them where required.
Guardrails
- PlantIQ supports the collection, retention and presentation of process evidence. It does not independently certify a plant, process or product.
- Not a certified alarm, safety, or controls system.
- Applicable requirements, calibration, and validation are confirmed with each customer.
One data foundation. More than compliance.
The customer is not buying a passive recording device. The same continuous process data becomes a reusable operational-intelligence foundation.
- Live plant dashboards
- Production reporting
- Process troubleshooting
- Deviation investigation
- Downtime correlation
- Energy and utility analysis
- Yield-loss analysis
- Maintenance investigations
- Management reporting
- Continuous improvement
Deployment options
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Scope the evidence need
Identify the processes, buyers, and audit or export triggers that matter first—pasteurization, CIP, cold rooms, tanks, or packaging.
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Connect available sources
Integrate agreed signals from PLCs, sensors, meters, SCADA, or supported data loggers under the customer’s network architecture.
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Configure records and access
Define operating ranges, retention, role-based access, and the first report and export workflows.
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Expand operational value
Reuse the same data foundation for dashboards, investigations, and adjacent PlantIQ solution families.
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Next step
Discuss your compliance and traceability use case
Tell us which process records matter for quality reviews, customer audits, or export readiness. We will assess available signals and define a focused first deployment.