REQUIRED:
1.Identify areas where analytical procedures are most efficient in auditing payables, inventory, and expense accounts.
2.Discuss the role of important changes in technology and supply chain management and how these changes affect the audit of acquisitions and inventory.
The solution lists five types of analytical procedures which can be very effective in either disclosing issues or pointing to areas that need more testing. The following paragraphs address specifics of using these procedures. For the second question, there are five short paragraphs in response.