Three of the top reasons why an organization should do a data audit are:
Leadership insight: To bring visibility to leadership on the MRO data issues that may be affecting operational expenses, spend analytics, procurement, supply chain, warehouse and overall pushing up costs.
Understand the issues: To get a deeper understanding of the exact issues in the MRO inventory data, how widespread the issue is and how it affects / costs the business.
IT implementation: Prior to implementation of an ERP or EAM system or migrating to a new one, it is always a good idea to do an audit, so you can assess the health of the MRO database before consolidating parts, assets and catalogs, so you can leverage the true power of an ERP or EAM / CMMS system like SAP, Maximo, Oracle, JDE