Electronic data processing for business and industry,

Bibliography: p. 325-327.

Electronic data processing in the Division of Accounting Operations /

"Prepared by: Staff Development Unit, Administrative Management Section, Management Coordination Branch, Divison of Accounting Operations."

Implementació i validació en una PIME d’un sistema assistit aplicat a la planificació del procés de peces de mecanitzat

Aquest projecte consisteix en implementar l’aplicació PAPOM (Programa Assistit a la Planificació de procés i producció en Operacions de Mecanitzat) en una PIME. Aquest programa l’ha desenvolupat el grup de recerca de la UdG GREP i té com a principal objectiu ajudar a gestionar la planificació de processos de mecanitzat. La filosofia del programa és la de donar una solució personalitzada a cada PIME facilitant el desenvolupament d’aquesta. En aquest sentit, és on aquest treball pren una gran importància ja que s’ha treballat conjuntament amb una empresa del sector, Mecanitzats Privat, S.L., per tal d’ajustar el programa a la realitat, i determinar quins són els camps i paràmetres susceptibles de ser adaptats a cada empresa. Amb aquesta finalitat s’han determinat quins mòduls poden modificar-se sense afectar al funcionament intern del software, per tal de fer l’ús del programa més pràctic i àgil per a cada taller en concret. En aquest punt s’ha personalitzat el programa per a Mecanitzats Privat, S.L. i s’han marcat unes línies futures de treball per seguir fent el programa més adaptable, fent-ne de la personalització filosofia i valor del programa. A més a més, en aquesta relació entre el departament i l’empresa, a nivell de comercial i client s’han elaborat unes fitxes d’instal•lació. Aquestes pretenen ser una eina que ajudi a la presentació del PAPOM a les empreses a fi d’agilitzar el procés d’obtenció d’informació d’un petit sector de l’empresa per tal de realitzar una demostració ajustada a cada taller

Installing and using an automatic data processing system; a case study for management.

Mode of access: Internet.

Salary administration for data processing personnel.

Mode of access: Internet.

Company investigations of automatic data processing.

Mode of access: Internet.

Management influence on the design of data processing systems, a case study.

Mode of access: Internet.

Considerations in the selection of security measures for automatic data processing systems /

"Contributed to the Federal Information Processing Standards Task Group 15 - Computer Systems Security" -t.p.

Modeling data processing activity to assess the internal control function

This thesis describes research that was conducted into the potential of modeling the activities of the Data Processing Department as an aid to the computer auditor. A methodology is composed to aid in the evaluation of the Internal Controls, particularly the General Controls relative to computer processing. Consisting of three major components, the methodology enables the auditor to model the presumed activities of the Data Processing Department against the actual activities, as recorded on the Operating System Log. The first component of the methodology is the construction and loading of a model of the presumed activities of the Data Processing Department from its verbal, scheduled, and reported activities. The second component is the generation of a description of the actual activities of the Data Processing Department from the information recorded on the Operating System Log. This is effected by reducing the Operating System Log to the format described by the Standard Audit File concept. Finally, the third component in the methodology is the modeling process itself. This is in fact a new analysis technique proposed for use by the EDP auditor. The modeling process is composed of software that compares the model developed and loaded in the first component, with the description of actual activity as collated by the second component. Results from this comparison are then reviewed by the auditor, who determines if they adequately depict the situation, or whether the models description as specified in the first component requires to be altered, and the modeling process re-initiated. In conducting the research, information and data from a production installation was used. Use of the ‘real-world’ input proved both the feasibility of developing a model of the reported activities of the Data Processing Department, and the adequacy of the operating system log as a source of information to report the departments actual activities. Additionally, it enabled the involvement and comment of practicing auditors. The research involved analysis of the effect of EDP on the audit process, structure of the EDP audit process, data reduction, data structures, model formalization, and model processing software. Additionally, the Standard Audit File concept was verified through its use by practising auditors, and expanded by the development of an indexed data structure, which enabled its analysis to be conducted interactively. Results from the trial implementation of the research software and methodology at a production installation confirmed the research hypothesis that the activities of the Data Processing Department could be modelled, and that there are substantial benefits from the EDP auditor in analysing this process. The research in fact provides a new source of information, and develops a new analysis technique for the EDP auditor. It demonstrates the utilization of computer technology to monitor itself for the audit function, and reasserts auditor independence by providing access to technical detail describing the processing activities of the computer.

Review of automatic data processing developments in the Federal Government.

Mode of access: Internet.

Management information systems : user's guide for indentifying automatic data processing equipment (ADPE) requirements.

Issued Feb. 23, 1976.

Comprehensive security in data processing systems : the state of the art /

"UIUCDCS-R-75-725"