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Studying Accounting Information Systems. Business Strategy. AIS Applications. IT Environment. Business Processes. . Transaction cycles, events and AIS dataDocumenting business processes and dataRisks and controls in business processes. . Part 1. Business Processes and AIS. Business ProcessesManner in which work is organized, coordinated, and focused to produce a valuable product or serviceConcrete work flows of material, information, and knowledgeSets of activities or eventsUnique ways to 9442
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1. Studying Accounting Information Systems
3. Business Processes and AIS Business Processes
Manner in which work is organized, coordinated, and focused to produce a valuable product or service
Concrete work flows of material, information, and knowledge
Sets of activities or events
Unique ways to coordinate work, information, and knowledge
Ways in which management chooses to coordinate work
Accountants are interested in Transaction Cycles
Acquisition (purchasing)
Conversion (transforming resources)
Revenue (providing goods and services and collection)
4. Cross-functional Business Processes: Order Fulfillment
5. A Management Information System (MIS)
related components that process data and transactions to provide the user with the information they need to plan, control and operate their businesses
collect data and enter into IS
process data (into information)
store data/information for future use
access to data/information -- retrieval and/or reports
provide control to ensure accuracy and reliability
AIS is a subset of MIS
Management Information Systems
6. The S word : System
7. MIS is a Collection of Systems
8. Scope of AIS AIS are not just systems for use by accountants
Not just accounting data
Impossible to separate accounting data so we will have a fairly general view
9. ERPs Significant overlap in terms of data needs and some processes
Enterprise Resource Management systems (ERPs)
10. Uses of AIS Producing External Reports
Investors, creditors, tax collectors, regulatory agencies, etc.
Supporting Routine Activities
Order taking, billing, collection, etc.
Decision Support
Help out with non-routine tasks with appropriate data/models
Planning and Control
Budgets, access to historical data, forecasting, datamining, etc.
Implementing Internal Controls
Policies, procedures and IS to protect assets and insure accuracy
11. Accounting Applications/Software Application: computer programs used for particular purposes
Forecasting, Tax preparation, .
AIS typically organized by transaction cycle
Off the shelf vs. in-house development
When you should you go off the shelf?
12. Role of Accountants in AIS User
Not just for routine but non-routine decision making process
Part of development team
Manager
Understand business processes, accounting and technology (SOX!)
Consultant
Acquisition, design, installation and modification of AIS
Evaluator
Internal auditor (SOX), external auditors, assurance services (for external decision makers)
Provider of Accounting and Tax Services
13. Thinking about AMIS
14. Using Technology to Change Span of Control
15. Is the influence really one way?