RE: MAPICS Month End Closeouts

On the original question as to who at our company handles the closing:

IM, COM, A/R is closed by the IT department as part of month-end
processing.   IT is responsible for making sure everything in those areas
has been processed prior to closing the fiscal period.  Since we do a full
MAPICS backup after posting EVERYTHING for the month, and it is our
responsbility to do that, we close those applications.

Sarbox rules are OK with that, for some reason.   However, A/P and G/L are
closed by our plant accountant.   Again, that is a Sarbox regulation.

On the 2nd thread for this topic, as in how ridiculous SOX has gotten:

As it was explained to me by several "knowledgeable people", SOX as passed
by Congress consists of GUIDELINES, and it is up to the SOX consultants to
interpret those guidelines for the companies for which they are performing
the SOX consulting.   Does that sound to anyone else besides me like hiring
the fox to guard the henhouse?  I mean, if MY income was based on my
contracts, and I was permitted to arbitrarily define those contracts as I
saw fit....  Can you spell "Gravy Train"?  I know that my shop has been hit
with some (what I consider) absurd requirements, such as my programmers and
I not being allowed access to production data - when WE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE
IN THE IT DEPARTMENT!

Dale Gindlesperger
IT Manager/Special Projects Leader
Fleetwood Folding Trailers, Inc.
258 Beacon Street
Somerset, PA  15501