1. Copyright © 2007 Advantica Inc. (USA Only) and Advantica Ltd. (Outside USA). All rights reserved by the respective owner. Benefits of an Integrated Compliance Management System

2. Compliance? compliance (n.) The act of complying with a wish, request, or demand compliance (n.) A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others

3. Compliance Management General Business Processes Corrosion Control Leak Surveys Facility Inspections Leakage Management Layers of Data Management  Assets  Scheduling  Field Data Collection  Archival and Reports

4. Challenges Range of Automation Across the Industry Paper-based Scheduling, Field Collection, Archival Integrated Work and Resource Management Solutions First and Second Generation Solutions Mainframe Spreadsheets Customized, Fit for Purpose Intra-Utility Disparity Silo Applications Individual Department Responsibility Mergers and Acquisitions

5. Challenges (cont.) Aging Workforce / Inexperienced Workforce Accomplish more with less Managing and securing volumes of historical information Increased Regulation and Oversight

6. Challenges (cont.) In implementing a compliant solution, either internally built or an external solution from a vendor – the question is will that solution implemented today, be compliant tomorrow and what will it take to be meet those compliancy changes?

7. Automation and Integration General Characteristics Maintain and Track Assets Inspect and Survey on Prescribed Cyclical Basis Maintain auditable records to demonstrate compliance Field Data Gathering Upload Results Create Schedule Archive Results Assign/Push To Field As-Built Generate Reports Update Schedule

8. Managing Asset Data Enterprise data management approach Consolidate to eliminate departmental silos Reduce data maintenance and redundancy GIS & Asset Repository

9. Managing Asset Data – GIS Benefits Provides spatial benefit, location based info Up to date / as-built state of network Assists with defining and organizing geographical based compliance processes – Business District Surveys, One-Fifth Surveys, CP Zones

10. Managing Asset Data - Trends Asset Maintenance Integrated With Compliance Field verification of asset data while collecting inspection and survey data Integration of external asset repository with GIS GIS provides location and basic definition of assets Asset Repository provides detailed attribution Not all users need or want a map-based interface Cost and learning curve of GIS

11. Schedule and Resource Management Integration with Asset Database Detect change in lifecycle and schedule accordingly GIS – visualize inspection locations, results, etc. Automation expectations Automatic date calculation and re-scheduling Warnings Maintain resource assignments Paperless environment

12. Schedule and Resource Management Consolidated view and management of all compliance activities Frees manager to focus on effectively managing the workforce and analysis Results : Back office worker efficiency gains through centralized management Integration Examples WMS ERP Resource Scheduling Systems

13. Electronic Archives Provides audit trail – when, who, what, etc. Secure storage of information Electronic searches More efficient regulatory audit prep time Accessible throughout the enterprise – extended analysis

14. Field User Efficiency Simple, easy to use interface Minimize errors, ensure completeness Cleanse and verify Asset Data Integration with Mobile Mapping Visualize locations and workload Routing Capture location based information – Leak Locations, Pipe Exposures

15. Distribution Integrity Management ‘Know Your System’ GIS – Provides Asset and Location Information Compliance System Provides Asset Condition Information for Threat Assessment Platform for carrying out Mitigation activities Platform for reporting metrics Monitoring Reporting Risk Mitigation Risk Assessment Threat Assessment

16. Compliancy…….

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