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ACL
Applications in Manufacturing
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Stock and Inventory
Control
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Select
items from perpetual stock for test reconciliation
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Reconcile
selected physical counts to computed amounts
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Compare
the value of physical counts to general ledger value
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Statistically
analyze usage and ordering to improve turnover
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Report
on stock and high value balances using any selection
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Test
clerical accuracy of totals and extensions
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Summarize
and stratify turnover by stock item in any order
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Test
for duplicate parts, item numbers, prices, or descriptions
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Segregate
variances from standard pricing in dollar amount order
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Identify
obsolete inventory by sorted turnover analysis
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Quickly
identify items with yearly volume under on‑hand quantity
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Isolate
and analyze high value transactions by value, group, etc.
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Identify
starting and ending period balances by class or group
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Report
on products in order of profitability (low‑high, high‑low)
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Automatically
summarize products by group, location, type, etc.
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Assess
the financial viability of LIFO versus FIFO management
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Analyze
the difference between standard costs and actual costs
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Isolate
stock lines where the cost is greater than retail price
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Extract
products with zero quantities or zero prices
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Match
stock receipts with vendor ledger and report variances
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Check
product reordering volume by item, warehouse, or vendor
Accounts Receivable
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Report
and automatically age total receivables in any format
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Identify
high value credit notes, balances, and invoices
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Extract
variances in matching remittances to open receivables
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Generate
invoice summaries by customer, invoice, amounts, etc.
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Report
gaps in the sequence of invoices generated
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Identify
duplicate invoices, credits, or receipts in any order
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Determine
carrying costs by comparing days in collection by customer
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Summarize
client days to payment by client, sales representative, region, etc.
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Identify
credits taken beyond discount terms of payment days
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Show
variances between delivery documents and invoices
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Calculate
lost revenue from unpaid carrying charges by client, etc.
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Identify
accounts with oldest activity for sales follow-up
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Isolate
average sales amounts by product, sales representative, region, etc.
Accounts Payable
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Correlate
vouchers or invoices posted versus purchase order amounts
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Extract
total posted invoices for the year for accurate vendor rebates
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Isolate
vendor unit price variances by product over time
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Summarize
large invoices without purchase orders, by amount, vendor, etc.
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Identify
distributions to accounts not in suppliers' account ledgers
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Reconcile
check register to disbursements by vendor invoice
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Reconcile
selected vendors' payables posted against purchase orders
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Review
recurring monthly expenses and compare to posted/paid invoices
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Extract
invoices posted with duplicate purchase order numbers
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Generate
cash requirements by bank, period, product, vendor, etc.
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Create
activity summary for suppliers with duplicate products
Sales Analysis
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Generate
sales and profitability reports by sales representative, product, or
customer
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Recap
product sales by region, customer, category, etc.
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Analyze
sales trends by comparing current and previous periods
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Identify
top dollar volumes by products, customers, sales representative, etc.
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Extract
all sales data for audit by customer, product, region, etc.
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Summarize
sales performance over time by product, sales representative, etc.
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Select
any range of products for current and period‑to‑date
analysis
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Compare
current product sales with booked sales for demand analysis/trends
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Report
on creditor balances aged in any format required
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Compare
ratios of current sales to open receivables (high‑low, low-high)
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Summarize
shipments by warehouse for product distribution analyzes
Salaries and Payroll
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Summarize
and print payroll by selection criteria for audit review
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Identify
changes in exemptions, gross pay, hourly rates, salary amounts, etc.
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Extract
all payroll checks where the gross dollar amount exceeds set amount
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Recap
distributions to jobs, projects, etc., for audit and reconciliation
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Report
entries against authorization records for new or terminated employees
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Compare
and summarize costs for special pay, overtime, premium, etc.
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Identify
duplicate or missing payroll checks by check, bank, etc.
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Compare
time-card rates and pay to payroll and indicate variances
Cash Disbursements
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Extract
cash disbursements by vendor/supplier for audit verification
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Summarize
cash disbursements by account, bank, group, vendor, etc.
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Identify
check requests, by bank, that exceed set or selected dollar amounts
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Reconcile
inter-company transfers by extraction or inclusion
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Provide
a complete audit trail for all disbursements by purchase order,
vendor, etc.
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Generate
vendor cash activity summary for support in rebate negotiations
Sales Order Control
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Report
on correlation between items shipped and items ordered
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Compare
items ordered to cancelled by product, sales representative, and order
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Identify
items still backlogged beyond ship dates due
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Show
profit variance between items ordered and picked
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Analyze
open orders and invoices by customer for credit control
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Isolate
detail and average backlog by item, location, etc.
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Manage
delinquent orders by showing days past due, in any order
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Reconcile
booked items to inventory reserved (on hold) items
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Control
profits by calculating line item margins before shipment
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Analyze
product demand by summarizing products ordered by date due
Purchase Order
Management
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Extract
pricing and receipt quantity variations by vendor and purchase order
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Track
scheduled receipt dates versus actual receipt dates summary and detail
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Isolate
purchase order types (blanket, release, drop-ship) for audit tracking
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Identify
duplicate purchase orders or receipts without purchase orders
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Correlate
purchase orders with jobs or projects in process
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Reduce
inventory by comparing projected receipts to available stock
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Eliminate
stale purchase orders by analyzing and reporting on partial receipts
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Reconcile
receipts by comparing accrued payables to received items
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Analyze
late shipments for impact on jobs, projects, or sales orders due
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Audit
receipt and ordering by selective reports by vendor, date, etc.
Work in Process
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Monitor
the progress of any job or work order by customer, order, etc.
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Sample
work orders for accuracy against original sales orders booked
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Flag
shortages by extracting allocations and deallocations against work
orders
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Identify
stalled shop orders by date to improve productivity
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Select
material with a pick list by item to improve speed in material issue
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Summarize
pending work orders by size, priority, for release to shop floor
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Merge
products on work orders and sales orders for net demand analysis
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Use
net demand analysis against inventory and purchase orders to generate
a quick material requirements planning report
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Identify
orders completed with shop floor orders still open
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Randomly
select jobs for detailed or manual audit and analysis
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Produce
shop floor activity report by any item
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Improve
production by comparing item lead time for unstocked items
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Generate
material pick list and allocation statistics for faster stock issues
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Selectively
examine detailed routing of any item or item group
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Consolidate
part requirements from BOM to save purchase time and money
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Calculate
costed BOM with substitute vendors/parts for lower costs
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Audit
assemblies by item for uniformity, consolidation, and cost savings
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Isolate
internal subassembly costs for comparison to outside costs
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Generate
comparison of planned versus actual labor, material, and time
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Compare
master planning orders to capacity to improve future schedules
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Reconcile
job tickets or time cards to work order line items
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Compare
actual costs for a job to standard costs, detail, or variances
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Audit
stock requisitions for correlation to current work in process
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