An Assessment Entity Profile is a special type of document that acts as the Central Point for Compliance Assessment / audit activity. It contains key demographic information such as the area being audited, the process owner of the area,  what department it's in, as well as the Management System Criteria (Standards/Sections/Subsections) that apply to the area.  

Assessment Entity Profiles can be as generic or specific as needed for each location.  While there are essentially an unlimited number of ways to organize them, here are 2 common examples:

• Example 1:  You could create a single Profile called "ISO 9001:2015" and organize all of the related Quality audits for each department under a single profile.  
• Example 2:  If you manage multiple standards under each facility, you could create separate Profiles for each departments/areas within the facility, and place audits relative to those areas underneath.  This could mean that the Laboratory profile contains audits for Quality, EHS, and Laboratory Accreditation, while the Waste Treatment area only contains EHS audit results.

Ultimately the decision is up to each site and what works best for their local teams.  You will need to make the decision on how to structure your audits as the first step in configuring the audit process in CPro.  (It might be helpful to loosely think of the assessment entity structure like creating shared network folders to organize your audit data.)

Assessment Entity Profiles serve as the starting point for creating Compliance Assessments (Internal Audits), Proficiency Testing Assessments, and Third Party Audits.

A Compliance Assessment Plan defines the schedule on which the assessment (audit) will be performed, who is responsible for completing the assessment, and contains the action register (if any actions are created in the Findings Form).  

The Compliance Assessment Plan begins at Version 1 and automatically creates the next version on the defined schedule when the Compliance Assessment Findings Form is completed.

A Compliance Assessment Findings Form holds the results of the Assessment (audit).  It is where you document the results of the assessment by filling out the Summary Sections for Non Conformances (NC's), Opportunities for Improvement (OFI's), and Positive Points.  You may also create Action Items for your NC's and OFI's and assign those actions using the built in CPro CAPA system.  The Findings Form contains a section for attachments for you to upload files regarding the specific details of the assessment.  You may also build and use audit checklists which allow you to document all of your audit questions and findings on the form as opposed to inside an attachment.  The benefits of built in checklists are highlighted in section 1 above

When the Compliance Assessment Findings Form is closed, the Compliance Assessment Plan will automatically close and calculate the due date for the next assessment.