DataNexSys · Engagement
Plant internal controls review
On-site walkthroughs and control testing across inventory, purchasing, production, and payroll for manufacturing SMEs.
Owners and finance leads at mid-sized plants often know where the paperwork lives, yet struggle to prove that material issues, scrap, overtime, and vendor payments follow the rules they wrote. This flagship engagement puts a reviewer on the floor and in the ledgers to test whether those rules hold under real production pressure.
Who it is for
Manufacturing SMEs in Taiwan—typically metalworking, plastics, electronics assembly, food processing, and related plants—with roughly 30 to 400 employees that need an independent look at financial and operational controls before a lender review, investor diligence, or year-end statutory audit.
What you walk away with
A written controls memorandum that maps key cycles, records tested samples, rates control design and operating effectiveness, and lists ranked findings with practical remediation steps your plant managers can schedule without freezing production.
Included
- Scoping call covering sites, ERP or ledger setup, and known pain points
- Process walkthroughs for purchase-to-pay, inventory and WIP, sales-to-cash, and payroll
- Sample testing of vouchers, material requisitions, cycle counts, and journal entries
- Interviews with finance, warehouse, production planning, and plant leadership
- Draft findings discussion before the final memorandum is issued
- Prioritized remediation roadmap with owners and suggested timing
Outside this engagement
- Full statutory financial statement audit opinion
- Tax filing or transfer-pricing reports
- ERP implementation or software configuration
- Fraud investigation requiring forensic specialists (we can refer if needed)
How the review runs
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Scope the plant and cycles
We confirm which sites, shifts, and control cycles matter most—often inventory accuracy, open purchase orders, and overtime approvals—and agree sampling depth against your calendar.
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Walk the floor and the books
Reviewers follow raw materials from receiving through issue to WIP, then match documents to the ledger while production is running, not only from a conference room.
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Test and challenge
We select samples, re-perform counts and approvals, and note where segregation of duties breaks down when the same person both receives and posts.
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Brief and deliver
Findings are discussed with management first, then delivered as a memorandum your board, bank, or external auditor can read without decoding jargon.
Duration
Typically two to four weeks on site and in follow-up, depending on number of plants and complexity of bill-of-materials structures.
Where we work
Primarily on site at your Taiwan manufacturing locations, with remote document review from our Taichung base when plant access is limited.
Pricing basis
Quote-based on plant count, cycle coverage, and sample size. See the Fees page for indicative day rates and engagement bands.
Preparation
Please ready organization charts, access to inventory and AP modules, recent cycle-count results, policy manuals, and a quiet workspace near the production office.
Ready for a plant controls review?
Tell us about your sites, ERP, and the deadline driving the work. We will reply with scope options and timing.
Request a review