If you are an internal audit lead or compliance officer at a mid-to-large manufacturing organization, this playbook was built for you.
Manufacturers relying on SAP or Oracle ERP systems face mounting scrutiny over financial integrity, access governance, and change control processes. As audit cycles tighten and regulatory expectations evolve, your team must demonstrate robust internal controls across complex SAP FICO, MM, and Oracle environments, without expanding headcount or delaying production operations. This playbook delivers a structured, repeatable methodology to assess, document, and validate controls specific to manufacturing workflows, ensuring alignment with financial and information security compliance mandates.
Today's audit leaders in manufacturing are under pressure to detect segregation of duties conflicts, validate user access rights, and verify change management procedures across global ERP deployments. Regulatory bodies increasingly expect evidence of continuous monitoring, particularly in financial modules where manual journal entries, procurement approvals, and inventory adjustments can introduce material risk. With frequent system upgrades, such as migration from SAP ECC 6.0 to S/4HANA, control environments shift rapidly, creating blind spots that traditional audit checklists often miss. Without a standardized approach, teams waste months reverse-engineering control logic, leaving critical gaps unaddressed until findings emerge during external review.
Engaging external consultants to design an ERP audit framework typically costs between EUR 80,000 and EUR 250,000 depending on scope and geography. Alternatively, dedicating 2 to 3 internal audit or compliance FTEs for 4 to 6 months to develop equivalent materials diverts resources from active risk assessments and remediation efforts. This playbook provides the complete framework at a one-time cost of $395, enabling your team to begin assessments immediately while maintaining full control over execution and documentation.
What you get
| Phase | File Type | Description | Count |
| Assessment Foundation | Domain Assessment | 30-question evaluation covering key risk areas in each of the seven domains: Access Governance, Segregation of Duties, Change Management, Interface Controls, Data Integrity, Emergency Access, and Role Design | 7 |
| Evidence Collection | Runbook | Step-by-step instructions for gathering logs, role assignments, transaction codes, and approval workflows from SAP ECC 6.0, S/4HANA, and Oracle EBS environments | 1 |
| Audit Execution | Playbook | Guidance on scoping, stakeholder interviews, walkthroughs, testing procedures, and finding documentation tailored to manufacturing-specific processes like production order settlement and goods receipt | 1 |
| Project Management | RACI Template | Pre-built responsibility assignment matrix for audit activities across IT, security, finance, and plant operations teams | 1 |
| Project Management | WBS Template | Work breakdown structure outlining 12 audit phases, deliverables, and milestone dates for a 10-14 week audit cycle | 1 |
| Cross-Reference | Mapping Document | Detailed alignment of assessment questions and control objectives to COBIT 5, NIST SP 800-53, ISO/IEC 27001, and SOX requirements | 1 |
| Supplemental | Sample Chapter | Full 30-question ERP Access Governance Assessment for SAP FICO and MM Modules, including scoring guidance and evidence references | 1 |
| Supplemental | Checklist Bundle | 54 additional checklists covering transaction codes, role design patterns, emergency access reviews, and change request approvals in SAP and Oracle | 51 |
Domain assessments
Each of the seven domain assessments contains 30 targeted questions with scoring rubrics and evidence references:
- Access Governance: Evaluates user provisioning, access reviews, role assignment accuracy, and dormant account management in SAP and Oracle systems.
- Segregation of Duties: Identifies high-risk conflicts in financial and procurement transactions, such as the ability to create vendors and approve payments.
- Change Management: Assesses the process for transporting code, configuration, and role changes from development to production environments.
- Interface Controls: Reviews data flows between ERP modules and external systems, including MRP, MES, and warehouse management platforms.
- Data Integrity: Validates master data controls for materials, vendors, and cost centers, with emphasis on unauthorized modifications.
- Emergency Access: Examines procedures for firecall IDs, just-in-time access, and logging of privileged sessions.
- Role Design: Analyzes role structure, transaction code bundling, and adherence to least-privilege principles in both SAP and Oracle environments.
What this saves you
| Activity | Without This Playbook | With This Playbook |
| Develop audit scope and objectives | 3, 5 weeks of meetings and documentation | Use pre-built WBS and RACI templates in 3 days |
| Design assessment questions | Manual research across frameworks and system documentation | Deploy 210 validated questions across 7 domains |
| Map to compliance frameworks | Dedicated consultant or 20+ hours of internal effort | Use included cross-framework mapping document |
| Collect evidence from IT teams | Repeated follow-ups and unclear requests | Provide runbook with exact transaction codes and log locations |
| Document audit findings | Ad hoc templates, inconsistent formatting | Use standardized finding write-up guidance and scoring |
Who this is for
- Internal audit managers overseeing ERP compliance in manufacturing organizations with SAP or Oracle deployments
- Compliance leads responsible for SOX testing and financial controls in textile, automotive, or industrial goods sectors
- IT audit specialists tasked with evaluating access rights and change management in SAP FICO, MM, or Oracle Financials
- Security officers in manufacturing firms needing to validate segregation of duties and role design
- Process owners in finance or procurement who must demonstrate control effectiveness during external audits
- Consultants supporting manufacturing clients with ERP control assessments
- Shared service center leads managing centralized audit programs across multiple plant locations
Cross-framework mappings
The assessment questions and control objectives are mapped to the following frameworks:
- COBIT 5 (Domains EDM, APO, BAI, DSS, MEA)
- NIST SP 800-53 (Rev. 4) , Controls AC-2, AC-3, AC-5, AC-6, CM-1, CM-2, CM-3, CM-5, IA-2, IA-4, IA-8, AU-2, AU-3, AU-6, AU-7, AU-9, AU-11, SI-1, SI-2, SI-4
- ISO/IEC 27001:2013 , Controls A.6.1.2, A.6.1.4, A.6.1.5, A.6.2.1, A.6.2.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.2.1, A.7.2.2, A.8.1.1, A.8.2.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.8.3.1, A.8.3.2, A.8.3.3, A.12.1.1, A.12.2.1, A.12.4.1, A.12.4.2, A.12.4.3, A.12.6.1, A.12.7.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.14.1.1, A.14.1.2, A.14.2.1, A.14.2.4, A.15.1.1, A.15.1.2, A.15.1.3, A.15.2.1, A.15.2.2, A.16.1.1, A.16.1.2, A.16.1.3, A.16.1.4, A.16.1.5, A.16.1.6, A.16.1.7, A.17.1.1, A.17.1.2, A.17.2.1, A.18.1.1, A.18.1.2, A.18.1.3, A.18.1.4, A.18.1.5, A.18.1.6, A.18.1.7, A.18.1.8, A.18.1.9, A.18.1.10
- Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) , Sections 302, 404(a), and 404(b), including control activities over financial reporting, access to systems, and change management
What is NOT in this product
- This is not a software tool or automated scanning solution for SAP or Oracle systems.
- It does not include custom role design or configuration for your specific ERP instance.
- No implementation or consulting services are provided with purchase.
- The playbook does not cover HR or payroll modules in SAP or Oracle.
- It is not tailored to discrete manufacturing sub-verticals such as food and beverage or pharmaceuticals with GxP requirements.
- No integration with GRC platforms like SAP GRC or Oracle Identity Manager is included.
- The materials assume baseline knowledge of SAP FICO, MM, and Oracle EBS navigation and transaction codes.
Lifetime access and satisfaction guarantee
You receive lifetime access to the playbook with no subscription and no login portal. The files are delivered as downloadable PDFs and editable templates. If this playbook does not save your team at least 100 hours of manual compliance work, email us for a full refund. No questions, no friction.
About the seller
The creator has spent 25 years developing compliance frameworks for global organizations, contributing to 692 regulatory and industry standards. Their research underpins 819,000+ cross-framework mappings used by over 40,000 practitioners across 160 countries. These materials are field-tested, audit-proven, and designed for real-world deployment in complex enterprise environments.
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