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Operational evidence.

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Proof arising from real operations, not from paperwork prepared for an audit. A dated delivery can be evidence; an unused procedure cannot.

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Operational evidence exists before the audit. It is the trail an organisation leaves as it works. A mature system produces it naturally; a canned system manufactures it late and in bulk.

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