From an internal audit perspective, ERP systems
created new opportunities as well as new challenges
[2, 4]. On one hand, the use of an integrated system
increases transparency in business processes and, at
the same time, eliminates the need for controls
assuring data consistency and accuracy as data move
from one system to the next. With a single data entry
point, need for entering the data associated with a
transaction separately into different applications is
eliminated; and therefore the controls to enforce data
validity, data accuracy, and data privacy constraints