Online audit and survey tool meets performance enhancing stimulant - so customizable, it's intense

The purpose of APISaudit is to facilitate the collection, reporting, analysis and review of audit and survey data through an automated process, thereby increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of both the auditor and the audit process as well as the impact of the audit program on inventory loss and control and store operations.

APISaudit is an extension of the APIS system and will take advantage of existing data analysis tools, applying them to the audit function and process. The result is an online application available to all locations to input audit and survey data, provide scoring and prepare reports for feedback and review. Corporate review of this data will also provide analysis and support to drive the audit program, focus audit strategy, determine areas of concern, assess technology needs and evaluate overall company performance.

APISaudit provides tools to create audit templates on the fly that can be saved and distributed electronically to all stores for completion. All results are calculated and managed online to provide reports for analysis and compliance.  APISaudit allows you to assign single audits or groups of audits to specific users and locations, specify deadlines and systematically track both audit activity and inactivity to truly mange your entire program.

Following are some of the APISaudit features and functions:

APISaudit - Online Audit and Survey tool is designed to:

• Improve efficiency of auditors
• Increase effectiveness of the audit process
• Enhance communication of audit results / action plan
• Ensure consistency
• Increase awareness
• Expedite response to audit points
• Impact shrink performance
• Improve operational performance

APISaudit System Functions:

• Audit Creation / Data Entry
  • Audit/Survey Template 
  • "Master" Audit - Assign multiple Templates to a master
  • Required Audits
• Audit Forms
• Data Analysis and Reports
  • Department Audit Reports
  • Store Audit Summary Report
  • Corporate Audit Reports
    • Results Comparison
    • Geographical Comparison Reports
• System Administration
• Online Interactive Training

Audit Manager

• Audit Dashboard displayed at log on
• Displays audits that are required by individual
• Shows status of audit
  • Pending
  • Open
  • Closed-Complete
  • Overdue
• Shows due date of audit
• Links to recent audits

Audit Creation / Templates

APISaudit provides ad hoc template development to allow for customized audit or survey templates prepared as needed and saved to share company-wide.   

• Templates allow for the inclusion of audit instructions, auditor comments and action plan points for follow-up
• Create questions with a variety of response types including;
• Text response
• Numerical Response
• Multiple Choice
• Yes/No
• True/False
• Percentage Response
• Formulas

APISaudit Data Analysis

Data will be processed to provide statistical analysis of audit results and scoring.  

• Department Audit Reports - Reports can be generated for auditors to review audit scores with department mangers. Reports will populate with data captured from the audit and will produce automated messaging and summary notes.
• Store Audit Summary Report - APISaudit will also produce statistical summary analysis for review with each Store Manager and/or Operations manager.
• Corporate Audit Reports - Reports will also be produced at Corporate level to provide department, store or corporate analysis of store audit performance. 
• Ad Hoc Reports - Will give the user the ability to customize reports, Ad Hoc Reports will be available in 2006.

APISaudit  Administrator Functions

APIS is designed with system hierarchy and security level settings to determine access and control dissemination of data. The System Admistrator will have the ability to:

• Assign users access to the system, indicate security and hierarchy levels
• Set Store Groups and assign audits to those groups
• Set User Groups and assign audits to those users
• Design audit templates.

APISaudit Help

Help Pages will be available online for reference.