Industrial IQ Buyer Evaluation Guide

What Industrial IQ is

A read-only diagnostic evidence layer before transformation spend.

Industrial IQ turns exported operational data into confidence-tiered evidence, diagnostic scores, executive reports, and governed action queues. It helps buyers decide what to clean, integrate, migrate, optimize, govern, or transform next.

What it is not

Industrial IQ does not replace ERP, EAM, CMMS, MDM, source-to-pay, APM, BI, consulting, or enterprise AI governance platforms. It does not perform autonomous ERP remediation or uncontrolled master-data change.

Data required by engine

Prepare practical exports, then map fields during diagnostic review.

Engine template	Required fields	Useful optional fields	Likely source systems
PartsCleanse AI CSV Template	material_id, material_description, manufacturer, manufacturer_part_number, uom, plant	oem, storage_location, stock_qty, unit_cost, last_issue_date, criticality	ERP material master, EAM/CMMS item master, inventory balance, supplier/OEM reference exports.
InventoryMind AI CSV Template	material_id, description, plant, stock_qty, safety_stock, unit_cost	storage_location, reorder_point, max_stock, annual_usage_qty, lead_time_days, criticality	Inventory balance, movement history, min/max policy, usage, lead-time, and criticality exports.
ProcureMind AI CSV Template	material_id, description, supplier_id, supplier_name, purchase_order_id, po_date, unit_price	qty_ordered, currency, lead_time_days, contract_id, emergency_buy_flag, plant	Purchase orders, supplier master, contract reference, inventory context, and procurement export files.
FinanceMind AI CSV Template	material_id, description, plant, stock_qty, unit_cost, total_value	carrying_cost_rate, last_movement_date, aging_bucket, excess_flag, write_off_candidate	Inventory valuation, finance assumptions, aging reports, duplicate candidates, and carrying-cost model exports.
AssetMind AI CSV Template	asset_id, asset_name, equipment_type, plant, material_id, material_description	location, manufacturer_part_number, critical_spare_flag, install_base_qty, maintenance_strategy	Asset register, equipment hierarchy, BOM, material master, maintenance strategy, and criticality exports.
ReliabilityMind AI CSV Template	work_order_id, asset_id, failure_code, material_id, issue_date, priority	failure_description, downtime_hours, part_used, mtbf_days, mttr_hours, maintenance_type	Work-order history, failure code, asset, inventory, part-issue, maintenance priority, and shutdown planning exports.
ReadyMind AI CSV Template	business_unit, process_name, data_source, data_owner, system_of_record, ai_use_case	data_quality_score, automation_readiness, governance_owner, risk_level	ERP export inventory, data-owner register, process inventory, AI use-case backlog, governance questionnaire.
GovernanceMind AI CSV Template	finding_id, engine_name, finding_type, evidence_source, confidence_score, review_status	business_impact, assigned_owner, decision_reason, action_due_date	Industrial IQ findings export, review history, action tracker, governance audit events, and owner decision logs.

Stakeholder value

Who should evaluate the diagnostic and what they receive.

Stakeholder	What they care about	What Industrial IQ shows
CFO / Finance	Working-capital exposure, carrying cost, duplicate inventory, and budget justification.	Finance-ready exposure summary, assumptions, exclusions, and confidence tiers.
COO / Operations	Downtime exposure, false stockouts, maintenance readiness, and site-level operating risk.	Operating-risk summary, readiness gaps, action queue, and site/asset prioritization.
CIO / CTO	ERP migration readiness, data quality, system boundary, and AI readiness.	Source-fit score, field mapping, data-readiness gates, and no-write-back evidence.
CISO / Legal	Upload lifecycle, retention, access, auditability, DPA/SLA, and certification boundaries.	Security brief, data-retention statement, human-review controls, and audit metadata explanation.
Procurement	Emergency buys, supplier fragmentation, duplicate buying, price variance, and contract leakage.	Procurement leakage findings, supplier alias review, and stocked-but-purchased evidence.
Maintenance / Reliability	Critical-spare readiness, searchability, work-order delays, and false stockouts.	Spare-readiness evidence, asset-to-part gaps, and review queue for maintenance owners.

Value-proof matrix

How operational data issues become buyer-reviewable evidence.

Data issue	Operational risk	Financial exposure	Evidence required	Industrial IQ output	Buyer owner
Duplicate MRO records	Planner search friction and false stockout risk	Duplicate capital and carrying-cost exposure	Material master, manufacturer, MPN, UOM, plant, stock value	Duplicate-family evidence and cleanup-priority queue	ERP / Data, Procurement, CFO
Excess or obsolete stock	Store-room congestion and weak replenishment trust	Working capital tied up in low-movement items	Inventory balance, movement history, unit cost, aging bucket	Inventory-risk score and finance-review exposure band	CFO, COO, Materials
Emergency purchases	Maintenance delays and policy exceptions	Premium buys and contract leakage	PO history, emergency flag, supplier, material ID, stock on hand	Procurement leakage evidence and supplier alias queue	CPO, Procurement, Internal audit
Asset-to-part gaps	Critical-spare uncertainty for maintenance work	Downtime exposure and duplicated local stocking	Asset register, BOM, material master, work-order usage	Asset-to-part linkage evidence and spare coverage review	Maintenance, Reliability, EAM owner
AI readiness uncertainty	Use-case selection before data trust	Transformation spend without evidence	Data source, owner, quality score, governance owner, use case	Readiness score and first-use-case recommendation	CIO / CTO, Transformation, CISO

Evaluation checklists

Use these checklists before approving a pilot.

Buyer committee checklist

Name the active operating problem.
Identify the primary owner and secondary reviewers.
Choose the first Industrial IQ engine.
Confirm data exports and responsible data owner.
Agree what decision the report must support.

Technical review checklist

Confirm CSV/workbook export path.
Review required and optional fields.
Validate no ERP write-back is required.
Check source-fit and mapping assumptions.
Confirm score, report, action tracker, and export needs.

Procurement checklist

Review pricing path and fixed-fee diagnostic scope.
Review DPA/SLA links where applicable.
Confirm no unsupported savings or customer claims are being used.
Define success criteria and timeline.
Document reviewer names and approval path.

Security review checklist

Review data retention and source-file purge.
Confirm summary/audit metadata retained for governance.
Review no private data through general inquiry forms.
Confirm human review before action.
Review SOC 2 roadmap/status boundary.

Pilot success criteria

A successful pilot should end with a decision, not a vague demo reaction.

Source-fit score available

The exported data maps clearly enough to support a meaningful diagnostic.

Evidence confidence tiers generated

Findings separate high-confidence evidence from review-sensitive candidates.

Material action queue created

The buyer receives prioritized actions with owner, status, and review logic.

Executive report delivered

Finance, operations, technology, procurement, and governance readers can understand the result.

Buyer review completed

The pilot ends with accepted, rejected, deferred, or escalated next steps.

Next-step decision made

Leadership decides whether to fund cleanup, MDM, ERP readiness, optimization, recurring diagnostics, or no action.

When to use AI2COE first

Decision table for MDM, ERP, consulting, optimization, and procurement alternatives.

Decision event	Why diagnose first
Before MDM	Use Industrial IQ to identify the highest-value records and risk families to clean first.
Before ERP migration	Use Industrial IQ to test export readiness, material master quality, and action ownership.
Before inventory optimization	Use Industrial IQ to expose duplicate stock, dead stock, false stockouts, and critical-spare uncertainty.
Before procurement change	Use Industrial IQ to prove emergency buys, repeated purchases, supplier aliases, and stocked-but-purchased events.
Before consulting scope	Use Industrial IQ to replace abstract assessment inputs with exported-data evidence.

Trust and security controls

Review the upload lifecycle before sharing private operational data.

Read-only diagnostics. No ERP write-back. Source files are processed to generate the diagnostic report pack and then purged. Human review happens before operational action. Summary metrics, Open Findings, report ownership, quota usage, feedback, and audit metadata may be retained for governance.

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Industrial IQ Buyer Evaluation Guide.

Executive decision brief