Watershed Inventory Management - September 2014
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Department of Watershed Management - Inventory Management
Released: September 2014 Download the Full Report here Download the Highlights Page here We undertook this audit of the Department of Watershed Management in response to Council Resolution 14-R-3104, which expressed concerns about the Office of Safety and Security, use of revenue generated by the department’s homeland security surcharge, implementation of the department’s security master plan, and loss and/or theft of inventory and equipment during the past year. Our preliminary analysis of the areas covered by the resolution found that inventory management represented the most immediate risk. |
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We found:
- Controls gaps exist in all aspects of inventory management and in all locations
- Incomplete and inconsistent recording of inventory transactions renders records unreliable
- 10,000 water meters, about 7% of meters purchased between 2006 and 2013, are unaccounted for
- There are physical security weaknesses at all warehouse locations, such as non-functional key card access points, lack of control of keys, and no separation of visitor and employee parking
- Watershed inventory management is decentralized; inventory is housed in 10 locations that use different processes and software applications for managing inventory