Impact of Computerized Accounting to Inventory Management

Romney, M., & Steinbart, P. (2012). Accounting information systems. (12th ed., p. 143). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

To be successful in today’s business environment, an organization must be able to perform certain fundamentals accurately and efficiently. One of these elements is having an effective and efficient Inventory System Management (ISM). ISM enables one to have the knowledge of where his or her inventory is at every step of the way. This allows one to better interact with consumer and make sales. Choosing the right ISM can lead and pave the ground work for future business success and profitability.

In businesses today, it is imperative that the accounting system be tied into every aspect of a business and integrated within all of the information systems in use. Therefore, before any system is updated or changed, the accounting system must be considered and analyzed for compatibility and integration. Kudler Fine Foods hired a consulting firm to “assist in the selection and installation of a

There is a necessity to have either hardware or software to integrate the accounting information into an automated system for viewing by the proper individuals. Below, Learning Team A will show who needs to access this information, what controls will be implemented, the type of reports to be generated from these hardware or software and importantly what type of information will be available through corporate Intranet and the Internet. Having the proper hardware and software integrating Riordan's data into automated systems will make life easier for those involved with all the accounting cycles, especially accounts receivable.

Kudler Fine Foods is a rapidly growing retail company that began in 1998 that uses a Retail Enterprise Management System (REMS) to track customers, inventory, sales and employees. Being that the majority of Kudler’s inventory is perishable its inventory must be consistently tracked. The following brief will evaluate data tables from an accounting perspective, and provide recommendations for improvements. In addition a pivot table will be created using Kudler’s inventory data that will assist the company’s management improve decision making.

In today's time the accounting and book keeping ranges from the old way of paper and pen to extremely large accounting data base systems for the major companies and organizations around the world; although either system could be used but

The inventory and production departments also have issues. Currently, inventory is done by the receiving area supervisor confirming the shipping documents against incoming orders by hand. This allows for human error and is not a quick or efficient way to do inventory. The same process is used when production takes items from inventory. The inventory system is only updated once daily when new raw materials arrive and then again once daily from production when the raw material is used. The lack of tracking and checking in a timely manner leaves the organization’s processes at a higher risk of failure. The inventory system does not currently communicate with the sales or with the Finance and Accounting applications. This may lead to a

All recorded data related to accounting can be managed under the accounting information system database. The confidential information in AIS must be available and protected with authorizations only each division should have access to. Each user has a personal identification and authentic password for authorization to the system and departmental data access. Some AIS also has security resets to users so their access isn’t compromised. This eliminates risk associated with internal data abuse and unauthorized department access. AIS have virus, disaster recovery and system updates. A virus will be a disaster for AIS. Whether internal or external, a threat can destroy a system data. Information security has keep accounting systems protected from

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Rather than simply control supply and materials to come up with an effective inventory control system, it fully integrates the computerized information to feed into all aspects of the company. Thus, accounting, human resources, facilities and finance have access to information about the upcoming needs of the company. A shared database of common information is available to all and therefore allows for a coordinated approach to managing the company.

This paper emphasize on technology tools and their effects on managerial accounting. It is clarifying Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing (SAP) which is using by many companies in these days to manage supply chain procedures and managerial accounting. Lately, it will talk about SAP features, SAP and the value of financial staff, technology effects, and trends.

Nowadays, in an era that has advanced technology and a place in the world. Everything can be linked only at your fingertips in the times of rapidly developing with the sophisticated technology of today. Therefore, an inventory system is also not lagging behind in introducing a method of keeping an inventory data systematically and safely. The system plays a very important role in improving the competitiveness of a business. Usually, organizations today face too many challenges to achieve the cost, speed and reliability. Efficient inventory system really help in order to make sure the store’s performance and data record is always in good condition and secured from abusers. The system basically to ease the admin to manage the

Information systems changed forever the way accounting tasks are processed. The days of green paper pads are gone, and instead businesses have a centralized place where all accounting transactions are entered and saved. No more looking for paper

Accountants must have a good deal of experience working with computers. They develop computer applications to assist the analysis and presentation of their findings. Due to the e-commerce explosion, a majority of financial records are now web-related.

The Malaysian Angel manufacturing company in Kota Kinabalu had been using manual accounting records for more than 10 years, the new managing director then decide to change the old practice to a new accounting system. There are a lot of benefits of computerizing the accounting records. Here are some benefits for the Account Receivable area, Account Payable area, Inventory, Payroll and Revenue Recording.