Summary
State-of-the-art remote computing systems for audit work in distant locations
Auditors who go on field work in distant locations normally require constant communication with the home office for a variety of tasks including access to reference material, time accounting, expense reporting, and threshing out findings and recommendations with audit management. The latest high-technology computer systems are making these functions easy to perform and improving the quality of work done outside of the office by linking the auditor on field work with the office through devices such as laptop computers. These systems also readily enable employees away from home to keep in touch with their families. It must be noted that both hardware and software technology to be installed for field audit support must be reliable, stable and dependable.See the full content of this document
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Equipping a mobile audit staff.
A state-of-the-art remote computing environment can provide all the comforts of the home office.
Auditors have many reasons for establishing contact with the office while on the road. These range from critical communications, such as discussing findings and recommendations with audit management and referencing resource material, to more mundane activities, like time accounting and expense reporting. All these tasks can be readily accomplished through remote dial-in sessions to the office using a laptop computer. At Phillips Petroleum Company, we commissioned an internal task force of individuals representing all levels of technological proficiency to define the computing environment that would best ...See the full content of this document
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