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MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS 8/E
Raymond McLeod, Jr. and George Schell

Appendix D
Financial Information Systems

Copyright 2001 Prentice-Hall, Inc.

D-1

Users of Financial
Information


Internal users
– Managers
– Nonmanagers



Environmental users

– Those with direct business relationships
– Those with no direct relationships

D-2

Financial Information
Systems

CBIS subsystem that provides information to
persons and groups both inside and outside the
firm concerning the firm’s financial matters
 Information type







Periodic and special reports

Results of mathematical simulations
Electronic communications
Advice of expert systems

D-3

Model of a Financial Information System
Output
subsystems

Input
subsystems

Data Information

Forecasting
subsystem

Accounting
information

system
Internal sources
Internal
audit
subsystem
Environmental
sources
Financial
intelligence
subsystem

Database

Funds
management
subsystem

Users

Control

subsystem

D-4

Prewritten Financial Software
More prewritten software exists for the
financial area than any other
 Most is accounting in nature
 Both general business and personal
productivity software


D-5

Accounting Information
Subsystem


The foundation upon which all informationoriented CBIS are built






Who did what?
When?
Where?
How much?

D-6

Internal Audit Subsystem


Internal
– Audit committee
» Probably includes the CFO
» Director of internal auditing

External auditors

 Importance of objectivity


D-7

Board of Directors
Audit Committee

Position of
Internal Auditing
in a Firm

Chief
Executive
Officer
Director of
Internal
Auditing
Internal
Auditing

Department
D-8

Types of Auditing Activity
Financial auditing
 Operational auditing






Adequacy of controls
Efficiency
Compliance with company policy

Concurrent auditing
 Internal control systems design



D-9

Internal Auditor as a
Member of the CBIS Team


Required knowledge and skills of auditors
– Not always accounting-related



Senior management attitude makes a
difference

D-10

scalating Cost of Correcting Design Errors
Error
as the SDLC Progresses
Operation/maintenance


Relative Cost of
Fixing a Defect

4000%

Implementation

1200%

Integrated testing

500%

Module testing

100%
40%
10%


Development
Conceptualization

Design

Requirements

1%

D-11

Financial Intelligence
Subsystem
Represents the firm in establishing two-way
links with:
 Stockholders or owners
 Stockholder relations department





Annual meetings
Annual reports
Quarterly reports
D-12

Financial Intelligence
Subsystem [cont.]


Financial communityIndirect influence from the
government
Sources of financial intelligence:






Word of mouth
Periodicals
Computer databases

Environmental influence on the money flow
D-13

Forecasting Subsystem
 One of the oldest mathematical activities in business
– Rely on past data
– Make semistructured decisions
– Cannot be perfect


Short-term forecasts
– One to three years
– May be done by marketing



Long-term forecasts
– Usually done by finance, or special planning group

D-14

Forecasting Methods


Nonquantitative (qualitative)
– Panel consensus
– Delphi method



Electronic meeting system (EMS) help
combine nonquantitative and quantitative
methods

D-15



Forecasting Methods
[cont.]

Quantitative forecasting methods




Regression analysis is dominant
Related methods are available
Many software packages used
» Minitab
» IDA
» SAS
» SPSS
D-16

Sales Forecast Using SAS

D-17

Sales in thousands of units

Using the Number of
Salespersons to Project
Sales
4
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2
1
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Sales prediction
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Number of salespersons

30

35
D-18

Sales Forecast Produced by SAS

D-19

Sales Forecast Data
Historical Data
Year
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Sales
(Y)
24
27
31
29
33
38
37
40
45
49

Advertising
(X2)
4
4
5
5
6
7
8
8
9
10

Price Ratio
(X3)
80
80
90
100
100
110
120
100
90
100

D-20



Funds Management
Subsystem

Manage to achieve





Revenue flow inflow exceeds expense outflow
Maintain stability

Cash flow models
– Performs cash flow analysis

D-21

Unbalanced Cash Flow
Example

1.2
1.1

Dollars (millions)

1
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
Jan

Sales

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Months Marketing and administration

Manufacturing expenses

expenses

Dec
D-22

Delaying Supplier Payments
Eliminates Months of Negative Sales
1.2
Revenue
1.1
Dollars (millions)

1
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Months
Sales

Manufacturing expenses

Marketing and administration
D-23
expenses

Control Subsystem
Operating budget for the fiscal year
 Three approaches


1. Top-down
2. Bottom-up
3. Participative

D-24

1.

Forecasting model
Sales forecast

2.

Top
management
Approved sales
forecast

3.
Finance
requirements

4.

Finance
manager
Requested
finance
budget

Resource planning
model

Human resource Information services
requirements
requirements

Human
resource
manager

Information
services
manager

Requested
information
services budget

Requested
human
resources
budget

5.

The
Budgeting
Process
Manufacturing
requirements

Manufacturing
manager
Requested
manufacturing
budget

Marketing
requirements

Marketing
manager

Requested
marketing
budget

Top
management

Final organizational
budget

D-25

Example Budget Report
BUDGET REPORT
AS OF JANUARY 31
MIDWEST REGION
CURRENT MONTH
ITEM

BUDGET

ACTUAL

SALARIES
TRAVEL
ENTERTAINMENT
TELEPHONE
RENT
FURNITURE
SUPPLIES
MISC.

$23,500
8,250
1,400
200
535
0
625
400

$22,000
9,000
1,635
85
535
0
410
620

TOTAL

$34,910

$34,285

DOLLARS
$1,500750+
235+
115+
0
0
215220+
625-

YEAR-TO-DATE
BUDGET

ACTUAL

DOLLARS

$59,000
23,500
4,200
600
1,605
420
1,875
1,200

$54,250
28,100
5,100
225
1,605
505
1,320
1,963

$4,7504,600+
900+
375+
0
85+
555765+

$92,400

$93,070

670+

D-26

Performance Ratios
current assets
Current ratio =
current liabilities

cost of goods sold
Inventory turnover ratio =

average inventory val

D-27

Users of Financial Information System
Subsystem
User

Funds
Management

Forecasting

Vice-president of finance
X
Other executives
X
Controller
X
Manager of accounting
Manager of financial planning
Director of budgets
Other functional managers X

X
X
X

Control

X
X
X
X
X

X
X

X
X

D-28

Summary




Financial information systems provide a wide range of
information for both managers and interested external people
Uses include:








Auditing
Financial intelligence
Forecasting
Funds management
Budgeting

Financial modeling is one of the oldest uses of mathematical
simulations in business

D-29