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SAP System as Vendor Fraud Detector


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In the last decade, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are one of the most important IT developments, which improve productivity and profitability of the organisation. SAP is the leading market player in ERP systems. The vendor master file in SAP is used to store information about critical and sensitive data of vendors and this data is target of fraudsters. However, fraud is increasing and it becomes a risk to supply chain management. Hence, it is a requirement to plug the opportunity of fraudsters by help of system. The present paper presents a review of red flags of vendor master, different vendor fraud etc. Further, this study makes the development of a prototype model for detection of vendor fraud based on analysis of SAP security log data, segregations of duties and fraudulent scenarios.

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ERP, Fraud, SAP, Vendor.
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Authors

T. N. Varma
Department of Computer Applications, NIT, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
D. A. Khan
Department of Computer Applications, NIT, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India

Abstract


In the last decade, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are one of the most important IT developments, which improve productivity and profitability of the organisation. SAP is the leading market player in ERP systems. The vendor master file in SAP is used to store information about critical and sensitive data of vendors and this data is target of fraudsters. However, fraud is increasing and it becomes a risk to supply chain management. Hence, it is a requirement to plug the opportunity of fraudsters by help of system. The present paper presents a review of red flags of vendor master, different vendor fraud etc. Further, this study makes the development of a prototype model for detection of vendor fraud based on analysis of SAP security log data, segregations of duties and fraudulent scenarios.

Keywords


ERP, Fraud, SAP, Vendor.

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