As the new analytic superhero dawns on the city, evil super-villains undoubtedly scatter, hiding in the shadow of their lairs, brooding over their next move. Perhaps they’ve been preparing for this moment for years, organizing their minions and creating their own dark protocols

Did you know that ACL provides its product documentation and help on the web? Just go to http://docs.acl.com to access a full range of documentation. We’ve recently revised the homepage to make it easier to navigate to specific versions of the product documentation. You can also

As an analytic superhero, you may have cringed when Bane’s gang stole some Wayne Enterprise Batmobiles during the “Dark Knight Rises”. Surely Alfred would properly impair the fixed asset values of the damaged Batmobiles, but what about the gasoline expenses? Should w

Harvey Dent, attorney of Gotham City turned evil supervillain, had two sides to him: one, a clean-cut attorney who did good, and one evil, performing cruel acts based on the results of a coin flip. “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?” Analytic superheroes, up

…aka Dan Zitting’s AN10 EXECUTE Command “Throw Down” Well by now you’ve probably heard something about our new software release; perhaps in the Forum, or you attended our webinar a few weeks ago or from your colleagues. Today marks the official launch of our Analytics 10 global

What’s not to like about business meals? They’re delicious. And taking a client out for a night out on the town can make the difference between winning or losing a multi-million dollar contract, right? So maybe it seems like we’re just being jealous when we’re

Today we’re taking a break from journal testing and focusing our attention on travel and entertainment (T&E) expenses. Often, this is not an area that warrants detailed attention, because the transactions are too small to be material. What’s the point in chasing after

Are you part of the ACL LinkedIn Community? Our group is a great place to share and exchange best practices for the use of data analytics across various industries and lines of business. One of the most popular discussions we’ve seen lately is this one, started by Andrew Fitzgib

Last time we targeted potential outliers in a specific GL account. This time, we’ll look at broadening our reach by applying statistical analysis across the whole field of GL accounts! To do this, we want to figure out what would be the typical sized posting to each account, and

Hello ACL Community! As we continue to Transform Audit & Risk, let’s perform some tests that are outside of audit. Here’s one in particular that I’ve recently worked on that I found interesting: We used ACL to help the Fabrication Cost Accounting team of a large manufacturing orga