Compliance Starts with the work of ART

ART is a web-based software tool that enables businesses to transform reams of confusing and complex ESH regulatory data into a user-friendly format that fosters high quality, informed applicability decision making. ART is the first component of Citation Technologies’ Compliance Continuum.

ART is available in two options. The first delivers a high level understanding of a site’s applicable requirements while the second gives a very detailed understanding of applicability and also what actions must be taken to comply with the applicable laws and regulations. The following chart indicates the capability and outputs of both versions.

	ART I	ART II
Applicability Review
Accessible to users at all levels of the organization
Specific to a country, region, or state, and may be reviewed by subject matter area
SMEs and facility stakeholders designations
Single site or multiple site evaluation
Activities, products, and services definitions
Company policies, standards, or other supplementary requirements incorporation
Easy to understand applicability questions
Prepared regulatory summaries
Guide notes
Links to full-text regulations and standards
Answer Rationale Statement area
Applicability Register
Applicable requirements register
Positive and negative applicability determinations including who made the decision on what applies and the reason
Satisfies ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 requirements
Online results visible to corporate headquarters as well as site floor, where compliance activity must be employed
Compliance Matrix (More details...)
High level compliance requirements matrix
Detailed compliance requirements matrix
3rd party EMIS integration capability
Management of Change (More details...)
ART update notification
High level MoC compliance requirements matrix
Detailed MoC compliance requirements matrix
Additional Value Add
Citation Technologies' certified facilitators are available to assist in implementing compliance assurance systems

Applicability Review

ART presents applicability questions in a consistent format to a structured team of interested parties.

Applicability Team

ART utilizes an "applicability team" decision-making approach. Knowing that almost all compliance is achieved in the field or on the factory floor and not in the ESH organization, ART encourages the building of a team of stakeholders and ESH subject matter experts. Users can either use an ART-supplied listing of typical activities, products, and services or can self-define their operations. A user can elect to evaluate a single site or more than one site. The mix of information availability and full site representation yields a team dynamic that delivers the highest quality applicability determinations in the shortest time.

Supplemental Requirements

ART can incorporate company policies, standards, or other supplementary requirements alongside regulatory provisions. The integration of legal and corporate requirements allows for a more consistent applicability decision and avoids the dual path that frequently exists when dealing with external and internal requirements.

Available ART Countries

Applicability Questions

By using a simple, applicability questionnaire format, written in layman’s language, ART breaks through country legalese to present information that operational personnel can reasonably act upon. ART provides all the information necessary for a user to accurately and efficiently determine applicability. A worldwide team of regulatory experts analyzes laws and regulations to create the applicability questions and explanatory information.

Explanatory Information and Documentation

Applicability questions are accompanied by user-friendly regulatory summaries, expert-written Guide Notes, and links to full-text regulations and standards. An area to preserve applicability determination rationales is also available.

Applicability Register

The Applicable Requirements Register lists all requirements, both legal and supplementary, that apply to a site. Included in the Register are the subject area, citation, title, summary, and link to the full text of the requirement – all in one view. The Applicable Requirements Register can be used to satisfy conformance with ISO 14001:2005 4.3.2. The Register can be structured to show applicable requirements by activity, product, or service, as well as display all NO applicability determinations and the associated rationale.