Internal Control System

It’s done through Variance analysis if any adverse conditions are detected. Then it is transferred to Auditors report about the lag in a manufacturing unit. If everything is favourable, it is hard to improve management control systems. Anyways, top down approach or bottom up approach to control systems will not tell us the unobservable indicators to improve cost savings. Many companies implement philosophies and cost management techniques right from the inception. If you can save anything after that, depends upon a manager’s observation of eliminating waste or unwanted activities. That is why, bonuses are declared for managements efficiency, Internal management control systems is how things are synchronised and widely important in services industry (information is the key). One important aspect of it is budgeting used in a manufacturing sector. I’ll reply back if I remember anything more. 

I have referred my Auditing notes and it mentions that internal control is already established along with the company and annually, an auditor tests for two things:

Strong internal controls & weak internal controls.

for your reference, the five elements of control systems is 

(1)The control environment

 (2) The entity’s risk assessment process
(3) The information system
(4) Control activities (internal controls)
(5) Monitoring of controls

As one is aware, the top management has a checklist of all of these duties to ensure communication is perfect in controls. So it’s almost qualitative. To me, I take performance control systems as a base for performance and incase of adverse conditions, one of the risk assessment had failed. 

Again it falls under substantive procedures: stock 

It mainly focuses on presentation and disclosures INDAS 2, inventory. Auditors count, timing of stock count is for Auditors evidence, but however, IndAS 2 covers presentation, recognition, measurement and disclosures. No principle or rule had ever considered purchase price into this standard. 

For your query, the auditors evidence of purchase, count, warehousing, and timing of calculating closing stock needs to be mentioned (documented) in their reports. Now again, PURCHASES CUT-OFF meaning, all transactions related to purchases must be recorded in the same year for reporting Inventory & Creditors accurately. I’m of the opinion that, here, IndAS plays an important role and Auditors inspection of stock helps to recognise the right amount of payables and inventory in the balance sheet. From this, you can guess what went wrong! If closing balances are wrong, there is a weak internal controls. 

Once again I think the actual end results should be inline with budget. If not, variance analysis along with physical stock inspection (Auditors evidence) reveals any flaws in measuring stock.

An internal control system is a set of policies and procedures designed to ensure a company’s operations are effective, financial reporting is accurate, and regulatory compliance is maintained. It helps prevent errors, fraud, and financial mismanagement by monitoring activities, authorizations, and access controls within the organization. A strong internal control system supports better decision-making and builds trust with stakeholders.