SCORE, SAP Controls Evaluator

SCORE, SAP Controls Evaluator is a powerful tool that can assist you in understanding, evaluating and validating internal controls in SAP systems. SCORE has the most comprehensive library of SAP controls available. Currently, more than 300 controls are evaluated by SCORE. SCORE enables organizations in evaluating the implementation of internal controls in the SAP and a provides a controls framework for correcting the control weaknesses identified in key business processes. SCORE can be run periodically, to understand and evaluate the effect of changes to controls that have occured since the previous review. SCORE enables auditors and consultants in improving the understanding and implementation of configurable controls in SAP, extending audit coverage, significantly improving efficiency and consistency of reporting, enabling focussed reviews allowing clients to benefit from recommendations on improving controls within SAP.

SCORE has a large repository of control reports enabling a comprehensive assessment of controls implemented within an SAP ERP environment. Organisations can be assessed and compared against the of controls provided in SCORE.

SCORE allows users to scope reports to SAP organzational structural elements. Once scoped in, all reports will be filtered to the selected organizational element in scope. Organizational elements like company codes, sales organizations can be used to scope reports for the review.

The key cycles covered by SCORE include Purhase to Pay, Order to Cash, Acquire to Retire, General Ledger, Inventory Management and Basis.

Examples of the some of the risks addressed and reported in the Purchase Order sub-process include :

Can Purchase orders be created with quantities greater than the quantities approved in the Purchase Requisition?

Can Purchase Orders be raised without reference to a Purchase Requisition, Quotation or Contract?

For Purchase Orders created with reference to Pruchase Requisitions prevent users from adding line items to the Purchase Order that do not exist in the referenced Purchase Requistion?

Can Purchase Orders be created from quantity Contracts for quantities greater than the quantity in the contract?

Can Purchase Orders be created from value Contracts for a value than the maximum value specified in the Contract?

Can Purchase Orders be created from Contracts outside the contract period?

Can Purchase Orders be created referencing a rejected quotation?

Can users override Pricing conditions defaulted on Purchase Orders?

Is the Goods Receipt indicator selected by default on Purchase Orders and cannot be changed by users?

Is the Goods Receipt Non valuated indicator appropriated configured to require valuation of goods receipt and the indicator value cannot be overridden by users?

Have under delivery and over delivery tolerance limits been appropriately configured and cannot be overridden by users?

Have Release procedures been appropriately configured for approval of Purchase Orders?

Can Purchase Orders be raised without a material number?

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