Practical tip: two audits side by side – the catalog comparison
One of the strongest features in IMS-Audit Cloud is also one of the least known: the catalog comparison. Instead of laying two audit reports side by side, you put the question catalog of your current audit directly next to that of any other audit – question by question, in a split view.
How it works
- Open the question catalog in the audit and click “Compare with another audit” in the toolbar.
- Pick the comparison audit from the list – you are completely free: last year’s audit of the same site, an audit of another site, or the audit of another supplier.
- The view splits: the current audit on the left, the comparison audit on the right – each with question, answer, and rating.
Next to every rating, a trend arrow shows the development: green up for better, red down for worse, gray sideways for unchanged.
Why the comparison is reliable
Questions are matched automatically via their origin in the master catalog – even if the catalogs were reordered in the meantime. And questions that exist in only one of the two audits are flagged instead of silently dropped. Comparison mode is a pure view: nothing is rated or changed in it.
The benefit in everyday work
In the follow-up audit you see immediately whether last year’s actions worked – that is the proof of effectiveness every standard requires, without manual work. In the same way, two sites or two suppliers can be compared objectively using the same catalog.
All details and a screenshot of the split view: catalog comparison feature page. Want to see it live? Book an appointment – we will show it to you on the real system.