A look at audit analytics with a lack of belonging in SAP?
What about audit analytics that cannot be assigned to any process, such as purchase-to-pay or order-to-cash, and are therefore often forgotten? We have developed a particular category for this, which is called “cross-process”. This blog article revolves around exactly these analyses. What audit questions are behind it, what does the GoBD have to do with […]
The Ultimate Guide to Auditing Order-to-cash in SAP
In our experience, the focus of an audit of business processes in SAP is often on purchase-to-pay, followed by authorizations. I don’t want to speculate about the reasons for this at this point. The aim of this article is instead to cover absolutely everything this is to know about the basics of auditing order-to-cash in […]
Audit in science: Artificial Intelligence and RPA in auditing
It’s been a long time since I first played the game “Summer Games” on the C64. Admittedly, even then, the C64 was already getting on a bit, but the relatively uncoordinated alternating hammering on the two red buttons of the joystick is something that has remained in my memory to this day. All you wanted […]
The Top 5 challenges facing Process Mining projects
Last week, we sketched the outlines of a process mining project. Of course, we simplified the process somewhat, and, as I’m sure you know, not all that glitters is gold. For this reason, we will show what things you need to take into consideration if you are planning a Process Mining project in the near […]
Process Mining – Searching for the Holy Grail?
To be honest with you, Process Mining is really yesterday’s news. The first approaches by Cook and Wolf can already be found in the literature from as far back as 1998. Though they did not have anything to say about process visualization, they laid the foundations for this technology. The following two blog articles are […]
Audit in science – What use is science in auditing?
The scientific background of zapliance can hardly be denied. After all, the foundation of our company can be traced back to the University of Hamburg, where the following story unfolded a few years ago… It was a humid Friday in the summer of 2014. Prof. Dr. Nick Gehrke and Prof. Dr. Frank Rump were attending […]
Open road ahead for innovation thanks to research allowances from the German tax office
The importance of research and development in terms of innovative capacity is difficult to deny. But, until now, companies have usually been left to their own devices when it comes to answering the question: “And who is going to pay for it?” But this all looks set to change in the future, if a draft […]
Why you should also audit yourself from time to time
For this reason, we now interrupt our usual “broadcast” to point out that you should probably also audit yourself from time to time. For one, the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) recently announced the top 10 most used German passwords at the end of last year, while, at the same time, the story currently in the […]
How can I explain what I do to my children?
Have you ever tried to explain to your children or your grandparents how you earn your money as an auditor and what you do at work all day? To make sure you are well prepared for the holiday period, here is an easy-to-follow guide to providing such explanations. If you start by trying to enter […]
New Work in auditing! Is there even any such thing?
“New Work” is not the next term to be picked out for the forthcoming Buzzword Bingo but actually deals with the question of how to work efficiently and innovatively in a digitized world. The majority of Germans tend to react with suspicion, or even take a defensive stance, when it comes to changing work processes […]