What is Internal Controls?
Internal Controls are policies and procedures that prevent fraud, ensure accuracy of financial records, and maintain compliance — enforced in ERP through permissions, workflows, and segregation of duties.
Key Internal Controls in ERP
Segregation of duties (the person who creates a PO cannot also approve payment), maker-checker workflows (two users must approve before submission), audit trails (no undeletable records), access control (users see only their data), and document immutability (submitted documents cannot be modified without cancellation).
ERPNext as an Internal Control Tool
ERPNext enforces internal controls through: Role and Permission Manager (who can do what), Workflow module (multi-step approvals), Accounting Period lock (prevents backdated entries), Budget Stop action (blocks over-budget spending), and the Audit Trail on every document.
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