Accounts Payable and Data Quality: Driving Sustained Improvement throug an Integrated Approach

摘要

1. Integrated Approach -Data quality problems are complex. An approach that applies a variety of techniques in an integrated manner is critical for success. 2. Costs of Poor Data Quality: Poor A/P data quality is costly and widespread. 3. Business Process Controls: Use of process flows, control identification and control remediation as discussed in the audit and control litorature is relevant to A/P 4. Continuous Improvement 5. Remediation of data quality problems in A/P should be supported by continuous improvement methodologies, as discussed in the Quality literature 6. Advantage to doing it right" vs. doing it wrong and attempting recoveries. Recovery alone does not fix the causes of poor DQ.