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If you have an IT security incident involving digital assets (i.e. laptops, cellphones, tablets, etc.) then you need a consistent, routine methodology for investigating the security violation to ensure all evidence is collected properly.  The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) published a 91-page digital evidence guide entitled Forensic Examination of Digital Evidence: A Guide for Law Enforcement – April 2004.  Read more →

Policies and Procedures are in the News a lot.  What kind of stories can you expect? Read more →

Microsoft Word Templates are easily editable Word documents that come with ready-to-edit business process descriptions, activities, tasks, forms, and references.  Writing your own customized policy and procedures manual is easier with policies and procedures templates from Bizmanualz. Read more →

Organizations offering Free Capital for Entrepreneurs all require a business plan for raising capital.  Developing a sound policy and procedure for capital planning will provide the foundation for funding entrepreneurs with innovative ideas to raise capital.  There is still time to apply for these entrepreneur funding programs. Read more →

Many people often ask: how expensive is it to develop your policies and procedures?  But is this really the right question?

The Cost of Writing Policies and Procedures

If we are going to look at costs then we need to account for labor to write, review, release and receive the information.  First there is the labor cost to write and publish your procedures, which includes personnel costs, overhead, and the methods, skills and tools.  Somebody has to research the material, find best practices, and write out the actual policies, procedures, and forms.  A technical writer is who usually does this but if you don’t have a technical writer then you should use a manger that has the subject matter knowledge. Read more →

Your Accounting Manual and associated accounting procedures are intended to satisfy the documentation requirements for an Accounting Management System.  Department managers and supervisors are responsible for identifying any additional documents needed to ensure the effective planning, operation and control of processes. Read more →

There are six areas of risk frequently capitalized upon by embezzlers.  While these areas of risk are not the only ones containing “embezzlement windows of opportunity”, these are the areas that offer the most significant sources of exposure to your company.
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Policies and procedures are all around us every day.  Businesses have employee policies for attendance, dress codes and office behavior.  Standard operating procedures are used each day in accounting to close your books, in finance to pay for working capital, and in production for fulfilling order.  Yes, policies and procedures exist, are understood, and are used every day.  Without them, what would your business really be like? Read more →

The difference between a process, a procedure and a work instruction can be summed up as breadth and depth.  A process defines the big picture and highlights the main elements of your business–breadth.  A procedure captures those elements and adds more information for functional responsibilities, objectives, and methods–depth.  Your work instructions fill in more detail for your procedures with detailed specifics–more depth.  The three, taken together, have different roles to play in defining the standard operating model of your business. Read more →

SOPs are used within a variety of industries ranging from manufacturing (for ISO 9000, AS9100, ISO/TS16949, OSHA), health care (JCAHO, ISO 13485), FDA (ISO 22000, GMP), Information Technology (ITIL, ISO 20000, CoBit), accounting (Sarbanes-Oxley, GAAP, IFRS), or Human Resources (ADA, FMLA, EOE, FSLA, etc).  In fact, so many industries use standards that there are too many to list.  The world is awash in standards.  Why Are There So Many Standards? Read more →