The Demand for Audit and Other Assurance Services O ssu a S s Chapter 1 ©2012 Prentice Hall Business Publishing‚ Auditing 14/e‚ Arens/Elder/Beasley Arens/Elder/Beasley 1-1 SarbanesSarbanes-Oxley Act Enron WorldCom The Act established the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. It also requires auditors to report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. ©2012 Prentice Hall Business Publishing‚ Auditing 14/e‚ Arens/Elder/Beasley Arens/Elder/Beasley 1-2
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Change Management The company was founded by Dr. Riordan‚ a professor of chemistry he started Riordan plastics‚ Inc in 1991. Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics‚ medical supplies‚ stents‚ automotive parts‚ appliance manufacture ’s parts‚ airplane parts‚ and beverage containers manufacturer. Riordan has 500 employees with a projected annual earnings of $46 million and a fortune of 1000 enterprises with revenues of $1 billion. Riordan Manufacturing has 4 worldwide locations Albany Georgia
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Riordan Information Systems Corporations are at their heart a means of creating wealth for their owners or shareholders. Success creates wealth; this creates competition as others seek to capitalize on the market. The emergence of new companies into the market begins a cycle of competition. Evaluation of staffing forces companies to find new and more efficient ways of producing their products while lowering cost to increase profit. This is because the cost of personnel is the largest line item
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Interim An audit which conducted in between the two annual audits with a view to find out interim profits to enable the company to declare an interim dividend is known as Interim Audit. It is a kind of audit which is conducted between the two periodical or balance sheet audits. Objectives Of Interim Audit 1. To know profit or loss of interim period. 2. To distribute interim dividend. 3. To get loan on the basis of interim account. 4. To get information about the financial position
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Riordan Manufacturing James Whitten MGT/311 July 3‚2013 Riordan Manufacturing Team Strategy Plan Here Riordan Manufactoring‚ we thrive for excellence thru diversity‚ equal rights‚ and upholding our mission to provide the ultimate team oriented enviroment ideallly possible amongst well trained and mature porfessionals. Inorder‚ to providethe best results and ensure that all the adquate measures of success has been implied durning the employee recruitment process my colleagues and I have
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March 23‚ 2009 Accounting Cycle Description Paper An organization’s accounting information system includes collecting information then dividing the information into cycles. This paper will identify the five accounting cycles and specifically how Riordan Manufacturing uses the expenditure cycle. The strengths and weaknesses of the internal controls related to the expenditure cycle will be examined. This paper will explain how to integrate the expenditure cycle into an enterprise-wide accounting
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the circumstances and opinion expressed by an auditor‚ where he is unable to obtain sufficient audit evidence. 2. Auditors of M/s Santa Banta (P) Ltd. were changed for the accounting year 2010-11. However there was no change in the position of closing stock which remained at ` 400 lacs . The auditors of the company propose to exclude the audit of closing stock of ` 400 lacs from their audit programme on the understanding that it pertains to the preceding year which was audited by another
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Fundamental concepts of f/s audit Materiality misstatement of accounting information. is a matter of professional judgment Audit risk The auditor expresses an inappropriate audit opinion when the financial statements are materially misstated‚ Evidence (more than “per discussion with client) Major phrases of audit: Client acceptance/continuance; Preliminary engagement activities; Establish materiality and assess risks; Plan the audit ;Consider and audit internal control; Audit business processes and related
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Riordan Manufacturing has production plants located in Albany‚ GA‚ Pontiac‚ MI‚ and their overseas plant in Hangzhouz‚ China. Each location is responsible for different production lines and inventory. The Research and Development department is located in San Jose‚ CA‚ Riordan’s headquarters. Riordan Manufacturing’s Vice President (VP) of Operations has a service request for an implementation of a Manufacturing Resource Plan (MRP) among Riordan’s three plants into one system. This request will
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Business research is a well organized investigation and study of a company that provides information that lead to managerial decisions. Its process includes collecting of data‚ planning‚ analyzing‚ and obtaining organizational goal. Another important aspect of business research may involve in learning about competitors marketing strategies to obtaining an edge in their market share. I work for a fire safety inspection company that once had conducted a business research on a competitor that lost a
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