An affiliation is often referred to as a person, organization or establishment associated with another as a subordinate, subsidiary or member. An affiliation can be a social or business relationship and is essentially the act of being formally connected or joined. Examples of affiliations in the business environment include sourcing partners, vendor relationships and alliances.
Topics: risk assessment, supply chain, purchasing & accounts payable, vendor management, performance management/measurement, KL Tools, inventory and materials management, outsourcing/co-sourcing/shared services
What is design risk? To “design” is to create, fashion, execute or construct according to plan. The term design as used here refers to the entire scope of a project. A business system design is a collection of design documents and supporting materials which define the system functionality that supports one or more business processes and in the process, creates, retrieves, updates and deletes data.
Topics: IT audit, IT governance, IT infrastructure, IT strategy, IT risk, IT controls, performance management/measurement, KL Tools
Key Performance Measures Improving the Process
An effective business process is built on a set of well-defined and clearly-stated business objectives. These key objectives articulate the ideal performance results that the company expects from that process. To monitor a business process so that it stays focused on reaching the key objectives, the company chooses appropriate performance measures. In fact, careful selection of the performance measures takes a company a long way toward improving a business process. Thus, to build and then continually improve an effective business process, a company establishes:
Topics: laws & regulations, accounting/finance, financial reporting, performance management/measurement
Each quarter, we like to take a look at the most popular tools and publications that we've published so that we can get a sense of what our readers enjoy most. Check out our top 25 AUDIT TOOLS of Q1 2018 to make sure you haven't missed any of our most popular content!
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What Is Channel Effectiveness Risk?
Channel effectiveness risk is the risk that poorly performing or positioned supply chains or distribution channels may threaten a firm's capacity to effectively and efficiently interact with suppliers and inhibits the ability to access current and potential customers and end users.
Topics: risk assessment, supply chain, strategic risk, vendor management, accounting/finance, performance management/measurement, KL Tools, inventory and materials management
Opportunity risk occurs whenever there’s a possibility that a better opportunity may become available after having committed to an irreversible decision.
We all experience opportunity risk at its most basic level several times a week. For example, imagine you have enough cash on you for lunch in a new town and you’re trying to decide between two restaurants you’ve never tried. What if you spend your time and money on the first option and it’s terrible? Or even maybe it’s not terrible, but the second option is just so much better?
Topics: risk assessment, strategic risk, performance management/measurement, KL Tools, budgeting, cost management
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For directors to make meaningful contributions in their oversight of management, they need to understand the business environment within which the company operates. They need access to focused information relevant to the strategic issues and business risks facing the organization. They can receive this information only through timely and candid two-way communication with management and other company personnel.
“All of the blame and none of the praise”
This was how one Human Resource professional described their job in a forum on tech recruiting recently. Human Resources (HR) can be a bit of a mine field full of potential hazards and risks while searching for that perfect candidate to fill a company’s needs.
Topics: laws & regulations, human resources, risk assessment, strategic risk, performance management/measurement, KL Tools
This week, we are highlighting the Top 5 Pages on KnowledgeLeader from March! Take a look at the "best of the best" of our tools that could help you simplify your audit projects.
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