Inspection Assessment Workflow

This workflow details the process for executing Inspection Tasks and documenting inspection results. The result of any inspection may also yield recommendations for corrective work. The full documentation provides Inspection History, which is used to re-evaluate strategies to validate or improve the current planned work, procedures, or policies.

In the following workflow diagram, the blue text in a shape indicates that a corresponding description has been provided in the sections that follow the diagram. For more information, refer to the topic Interpreting the Workflow Diagrams.

Persona: Technician

This workflow details procedures related to the management of inspection profile items, inspection methods, inspection tasks, and work packs for execution.

Go to the Inspection Planning workflow.

Persona: Technician

Based on Inspection Tasks or Work Pack definition, initiate Inspection Reports to document upcoming or completed inspection activities. You can also initiate an inspection report based on a one-time Inspection Task created as a result of a performance recommendation.

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Prior to performing the inspection activities, review previous inspections based on past Inspection Reports.

Persona: Technician

Determine whether you want to collect data online (by entering data directly in GE Digital APM) or offline (by entering data in the offline form).

Persona: Technician

Download the Offline Form of the Inspection record. This is used to record the findings when you inspect the asset.

Persona: Technician

Inspect each Inspection Profile Item based on the scope of the Inspection Task, and record the details either in the offline form or on the datasheet. If you have performed a Full Inspection Event, then record the General Findings. If you are performing a Checklist Event, then record the Checklist Findings. This information may help identify a degradation or a potential failure mechanism.

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Based on the findings, if an immediate action has been taken to mitigate a potential risk, document the action in the Inspection Report.

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Based on the findings of the inspection, determine whether a new recommendation is needed.

Persona: Technician

Inspect the asset based on Task scope and, with consideration of the previous inspection history, implement recommendations and operational history.

This step is performed outside of GE Digital APM, in the field.

Persona: Analyst

Determine whether the data that you have entered in the offline form is complete or additional information is needed.

Persona: Technician

After the information is ready to be checked-in, and the device is connected to the network, sync the data to GE Digital APM.

Persona: Technician

Create an Inspection Confidence Evaluation record to evaluate the Inspection Confidence or Inspection Effectiveness for multiple Damage Mechanisms (DMs) for this Inspection Event. This data will be used in Risk Based Inspection to evaluate the DMs.

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If follow-up action is necessary, then create one or more Recommendations and manage them forward.

Persona: Technician

Determine whether you want to link the Inspection Confidence Evaluation records to RBI Components.

Persona: Technician

Link the Inspection Confidence Evaluation records to RBI Components.

Persona: Technician

Based on the scope of the Inspection Task, and the information entered in the Inspection Report (including findings, recommendations, and any reference documents), determine if the Inspection Report is ready for review. If yes, send it to a supervisor for review.

Persona: Supervisor

Review the information in the report, including the findings and recommendations.

Persona: Supervisor

Determine if the Inspection Report is complete based on the scope defined in the Inspection Task. If the Inspection Report is incomplete, you can assign the Inspection Task again to the Technician to update the Inspection Report.

Persona: Technician

Inspect the asset again, and update the Inspection Report based on the review comments.

Persona: Supervisor

After you approve the Inspection Report, the associated Inspection Tasks are updated with the new inspection dates based on the desired interval defined in the Asset Strategy.

Persona: Technician

The Inspection Report is included in the overall Inspection History for the asset. Inspection History is used to re-evaluate asset strategies to validate or improve the planned work, procedures and policies. The Inspection History is also available for follow-up analysis, using the Core Analysis Workflow.

Persona: Analyst

Determine if a follow-up action is necessary as a result of the overall inspection of the asset. This process is followed in the Recommendation Management work process.

Persona: Supervisor

Recommendations created from inspection activities are reviewed while reviewing the Inspection Report. These recommendations, are, however, reviewed again by the asset owner before they are implemented. This process is followed in the Recommendation Management work process.

Persona: Approver

The reviewed recommendations are approved for impementation.

Persona: Technician

The approved recommendations are implemented.

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For follow-up analysis, use Core Analysis.

Go to the Core Analysis: Asset Event Analysis workflow.

Go to the Core Analysis: Graph Analysis workflow.

Go to the Core Analysis: Query Analysis workflow.

Go to the Core Analysis: Report Analysis workflow.

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The new recommendation is managed for approval and implementation through the Manage Performance Recommendations workflow.

Go to the Performance Recommendation Workflow.