VITALICS PURCHASING INVENTORY INTERNAL CONTROL FORMS
Purchasing controls over inventory and expenses are a critical part of operating any organization. Using specific control forms will lower your fraud risks on unauthorized purchases and inventory theft allowing your business to maintain a positive cash flow. Download your easy to customize Vitalics purchasing inventory internal control forms today.
PURCHASING AND INVENTORY INTERNAL CONTROL FORMS
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Vitalics is a small business internal control program that provides all the tools to easily set up and implement your company’s controls. Vitalics contains over 145 already created yet customizable internal control forms, checklists and templates and a fraud prevention and internal control workbook. Vitalics forms are also available separately. Whether you are a business owner, office manager, bookkeeper or accountant, Vitalics will provide you the reassurance that your work or your company assets are protected.
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COMMON PURCHASING FRAUD SCHEMES
Types of Schemes in Purchasing
A conflict of interest is when employees, managers or executives put their personal interest above the company’s interest usually resulting in an adverse affect on the victim organization.
The most common inventory fraud scheme is that in which an employee is stealing inventory for their own personal use or gain. With weak inventory and purchasing controls, employees can manipulate the records to force inventory counts while they are removing inventory from the victim organization. It is also common for those employees to re-sell those items on Ebay and Craigslist.
A bid rigging scheme is a collusive fraud where an employee helps a vendor illegally obtain a contract that was supposed to involve competitive bidding. Although this happens frequently in construction it is also common for materials in manufacturing or retail as well.
Kickback Fraud is perpetrated by an employee and the employee’s vendor or customer. It usually involves the employee buying goods or services at an overstated price then personally receiving the difference.
PURCHASING CONTROL PROCEDURES
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Purchaser Approval Forms
When an employee has authority in the purchasing department it is important that the owner or manager review and approve the orders as well. Verifying changes in cost and quality of goods will protect the organization from purchasing schemes.
Physical Inventory Counts
Have another person verify a physical inventory count even if it is an owner. It is crucial in preventing inflated counts. All physical inventory counts must be signed and dated by the employee who conducted the count and then signed and dated by the person approving the count.
Set Guildelines on Vendor Relationships
If you have employees that seem to be unusually close with vendors this could be a sign of a fraud scheme in the making. Set company policies as to what is acceptable for your employees and their interaction with vendors and even customers.
Set Purchasing Limits
It is a good idea to set a specific limit for anyone with the authority to purchase goods or hire service contractors within your organization. Anything over a specific dollar amount should require additional approval from an owner, director, officer or qualified manager.