Are details of payments for materials balanced to the total posted to the general ledger?

Are approved requistions required when materials are released from the company's warehouse into production?

Are vendor invoices for materials purchases approved for payment by someone who is independent of the cash disbursements function?

Are signed checks for materials purchased mailed promptly without being returned to the department responsible for processing the disbursement?

Variance reporting.

Work-in-process.

Scrap.

Rework.

10 units

448 units

224 units

317 units

Using physical inventory counts as a basis for adjusting the perpetual records

Performing regular comparisons of perpetual records with recent costs of inventory items

Performing a match of the purchase request, receiving report, and purchase order before payment is approved

Using a just-in-time system to keep inventory levels at a minimum

The stores function is responsible for updating perpetual records whenever inventory items are moved.

Supplies are physically counted on a cycle basis, whereby limited counts occur quarterly and each item is counted at least once annually.

Supplies of relatively low value are expensed when acquired.

Perpetual records are maintained for inventory items only if they are significant in value.

Compare the physical count with the periodic records.

Compare the physical count with the perpetual records.

Determine the quantity of inventory sold.

Determine the quantity of inventory in process.

Increased sales and cost of sales

Automatic computation of materials requirements

Increased efficiency and flexibility

Early error detection and increased accuracy

Material resource planning (MRP)

First-in, first-out (FIFO)

The economic order quantity (EOQ)

Just-in-time (JIT)

JIT

MRP-II

CIMs

CAD/CAM

The write-off of bad debts

The sale of stock

The sale of bonds

The purchase of marketable securities

Source of capital processes will result in potential dividend or interest payments.

These processes should not be initiated unless there is specific authorization by management at a top level.

The fact that these transactions and processes cannot occur without oversight by top management means other controls are not necessary.

Retirement of debt is a source of capital process.

Treasurer

Chief executive officer (CEO).

Chief accounting officer (CAO).

Controller.

Internal controls aimed at preventing and detecting employee fraud in capital and investment processes are not as effective.

Top management fraud, rather than employee fraud, is more likely to occur.

Because of top management oversight, the auditor need not review these processes.

Any fraud is likely to involve manipulating capital and investment processes.

Nonroutine transactions are recorded in a special journal.

Routine transactions are recorded in the general journal.

Nonroutine transactions are entered in the general journal.

Nonroutine transactions are recorded in a subsidiary ledger.

Total balances in a subsidiary ledger should always equal the balance in the corresponding general ledger account.

The general ledger maintains details of subaccounts.

Reconciling a subsidiary ledger to the general ledger can help to detect errors or fraud.

Control is enhanced by separating the subsidiary ledger from the general ledger.