Stocks, Fixed Assets or General Ledger changes
IDEA is used to audit (large) databases. One of its powerful components is that it can 'join' several files together.
IDEA offers considerable added value, particularly if there are multiple transactions. In such cases, you can no longer inspect 'around the automation'. In order to gather sufficient evidence, you have to use your client's logistics and/or finance system.
IDEA is very appropriate here, whether the transactions were made at an insurance company, a (large) retail company or another type of company or organisation. You can import transactions extremely fast and perform checks that go well beyond the current random checks or partial observation.
IDEA allows you to check data in an integrated way, which increases reliability considerably!
Such tools are also used by the inland revenue and you certainly don't want them to discover things you could have discovered yourself?
Which checks can you perform?
All IDEA functions have been written from an inspection point of view. You are provided with standard functions such as double (invoice) numbering checks and the detection of missing numbers..
You will usually be looking for exceptions that need extra attention.
Statistically justified random checks are also standard features of IDEA.
