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Reducing the Cost of SOx Compliance - Learning From ISO9000 Implementation

CFOs looking to reduce the cost of sustaining SOx compliance look no further than their Quality Management organization. The techniques that helped a manufacturer reduce the cost of staying compliant with ISO9000 will also enable a CFO to sustain SOx 404 compliance at significantly lower costs. When US manufacturers started...

Tags: Change Control, Quality Management, Compliance, SOX Compliance, MetricStream Inc., Quality, Business Operations

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IT Systems Validation for SOx and Regulatory Compliance: Importance of Information Systems Audit and Validation

Information technology has become a core enabler of business processes within the organizations today. As a result, companies are required to audit and validate their relevant IT systems to ensure that their business processes and underlying records comply with regulations such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 or Healthcare Insurance...

Tags: Information Technology, MetricStream Inc., Regulatory Compliance, Strategy, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Management

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Meeting US FDA 21 CFR Part 11 Requirements

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA introduced 21 CFR Part 11 (Part 11) regulations to promote wide usage of electronic technology in the life sciences industry in a way that is compatible with FDA's responsibility to protect public health. MetricStream, the leading provider of compliance and...

Tags: FDA, MetricStream Inc., Federal Government, Government

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Sustaining SOx Compliance at Significantly Lower Costs

According to a number of studies released recently, most companies have spent significantly more than they had budgeted on SOx 404 compliance. As companies look to the second year of SOx compliance, they are looking to find ways to make compliance with SOx sustainable at lower costs. This paper looks...

Tags: Compliance, SOX Compliance, MetricStream Inc.

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Operational Benefits of Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

While many management teams, board of directors, audit committees see Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as an administrative and compliance exercise, this paper encourages companies to think outside-the-box and use the regulation as an excuse to improve business processes. Forward thinking companies are indeed leveraging the Sarbanes-Oxley 404 compliance requirements to...

Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Compliance, Benefit, MetricStream Inc., Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures

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The Best Practice Guide for Managing SOx 404 Compliance: SOx Compliance Environment

Over the last 12 months, the team at MetricStream has informally and formally talked to number of professionals in quality, compliance, internal audit; SOx program office, finance & external audit. Three major themes have emerged during the interactions with customers, prospects, and analysts: First, there are significant benefits associated with...

Tags: SOX Compliance, Best Practice, MetricStream Inc., Regulatory Compliance, Team Management, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Management, Finance

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Ensuring Regulatory Compliance Through Training and Certification: Role of Training and Certification in Regulatory Compliance

There has been a dramatic growth in compliance and regulatory requirements across all industries. These federal regulations are the law-of-the-land and organizations covered under such regulations need to actively implement them. Organizations need to ensure that they are fully compliant with all of the regulations and reporting requirements of their...

Tags: Certification, Training, MetricStream Inc., Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Training And Certification, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Government

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IT Systems and SOX Compliance

IT plays a critical role in the operations of an organization. It is difficult to imagine a successful organization existing in the 21st century without some level of reliance on IT systems. In today's environment, financial reporting processes are driven by IT systems. Such systems are deeply embedded in initiating,...

Tags: Financial Reporting, Financial, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Information Technology, SOX Compliance, MetricStream Inc., Financial Planning, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Financial Accounting, Strategy, Finance, Regulations, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Management

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