There is no advantage to excluding accountants from the design and
production of managerial reports. It is very beneficial to have both
the accountants and IS involved in this process. The accountants will
need to communicate to IS what essentially should be included in the
system to adhere to government regulations and internal controls.
How data should be organized, and the information needed to
produce reliable and accurate data should also be communicated.
With IS implementing and maintaining the system, they should
possess the ability to effectively incorporate the needs of both
departments. Ideally, the input from both parties should be
considered when making the final decisions regarding the
development of the system. To take it a step further, an ERP system
incorporating additional departments should require their input as
well (Romney et al., 2020).
Reference
Romney, M. B., Steinbart, P. J., Summers, S. L., & Wood, D. A. (2020).
Accounting Information Systems (15th ed.). Pearson Education (US)
