Walker ACC/340 – Accounting Information Systems I February 23‚ 2015 Joyce Williams Introduction Riordan Manufacturing Inc. Dr. Riordin started Riordin Manufacturing Inc. in the year 1991. This is an industry leading in using polymer materials to provide solutions to customers challenges. Production: Beverage containers‚ beverage makers‚ and bottlers. Automotive parts‚ aircraft parts‚ appliances Custom parts and plastic fans Introduction The accounting cycle Revenue Cycle Internet/Intranet
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LIMITATIONS OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION The contact groups of decision-makers have widely different information needs about an enterprise. It must be stressed that accounting is only one of a number of sources on information available to decision-makers though they are sometimes tempted to place more faith in accounting than excepted. Other sources are just as important if not more important than the information provided by the financial statements. It is therefore essential to highlight the limitations
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case explores how Nike was able to use the learning from the failure to its advantage and emerge successful with the SAP implementation‚ a part of the Nike Supply Chain Project. Issues: » Study and analyze the problems faced in supply chain management (SCM) and ERP software implementation » Examine the reasons for SCM software implementation failures » Analyze the suitability and implications of ’Single Instance Strategy’ of Nike for global ERP projects » Understand how companies can
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European Journal of Economics‚ Finance and Administrative Sciences ISSN 1450-2275 Issue 34 (2011) © EuroJournals‚ Inc. 2011 http://www.eurojournals.com Determining Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Success Factors in Iranian Companies Faridun Ahmadi Industrial Engineering Department‚ Faculty of Engineering Imam Hossein University‚ Tehran‚ Iran E-mail: Fr.ahmadi@moc.gov.ir Jaafar Mahmoudi Industrial Engineering Department‚ Faculty of Engineering Imam Hossein University‚ Tehran‚ Iran
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Chapter 1 Accounting Information Systems and the Accountant INTRODUCTION WHAT ARE ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS? Accounting Information Systems—A Definition Accounting Information Systems and Their Role in Organizations CASE ANALYSES The Annual Report Universal Concrete Products Ross‚ Sells‚ and Young‚ LLP REFERENCES AND RECOMMENDED READINGS ANSWERS TO TEST YOURSELF WHAT’S NEW IN ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS? Suspicious Activity Reporting Countering Terrorism Corporate Scandals and Accounting The
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resources against waste‚ fraud‚ or inefficient use; ensuring the reliability of accounting data; securing compliance with management policies; and evaluating the performance of all employees‚ managers and departments within the organization. The accounting system depends upon internal control procedures to ensure the reliability of accounting data. Many internal control procedures on the other hand make use of accounting data in keeping track of assets and monitoring the performance of departments
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provide redundant pictures of an information system. We don’t need both." Discuss. ANS. Logical data flow diagrams (DFDs) present only the logical elements of an information system. By excluding the physical elements‚ the logical DFD allows us to concentrate on what a system is doing without being distracted by how the f Physical DFDs present the physical elements of an information system. They concentrate on who is acting on the data flowing through the system. Physical DFDs allow us to concentrate
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Accounting Information System(AIS) - is a structure that a business uses to collect‚ store‚ manage‚ process‚ retrieve and report its financial data so that it can be used by accountants‚ consultants‚ business analysts‚ managers‚ chief financial officers (CFOs)‚ auditors and regulatory and tax agencies. Components of AIS a. People - the system users - professionals who may need to use an organization’s AIS include accountants‚ consultants‚ business analysts‚ managers‚ chief financial officers
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Information System plays an influential role in determining the success of an organisation. The function of the information system is to collect‚ store and process data into information‚ through the assistance of a set of interrelated components. The processed information is later distributed to support decision making in an organisation (Oz‚ 2006). Information system can be decomposed to two main elemental subsystems namely as Accounting Information System (AIS) and Management Information System
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2011 Information technology has revolutionized the way accounting is done. Long gone is the time of manually entering numbers into big bulky ledgers and journal books. Technology has also taken away the stigma associated with accountants. They have long been considered “bean counters” and introverts. This is no longer the case since leaning over ledgers and adding numbers on a calculator all day is a thing of the past. People skills have emerged as an important part of the accounting profession
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