Operating plants world-wide are all tasked to produce more, produce more efficiently, and produce safely in order to meet metrics that ultimately drive shareholder value. A significant focus of industry for the past decades has been on optimizing the process side of the equation, but all of the process optimization, advanced controls, or process-predictive systems in the world cannot contribute value if the asset is not operating. It is therefore paramount that operating companies place asset integrity/asset management at the forefront of their enterprise optimization vision.