Spent two hours tracing a $11.27 variance only to find Facilities expensed a donut run to the ‘Evidence Storage’ cost center in SAP; documented as non-fraud, minor FIN-AP-007 deviation, root cause: account dropdown alphabetized. What’s your most ridiculous immaterial miscode from an internal investigation or compliance audit?
What’s your most ridiculous immaterial miscode from an internal investigation or compliance I stopped our donut wild-goose chases by adding an SAP validation: if the vendor fuzzy-matches our pantry list and the cost center is Evidence Storage, throw an error and auto-suggest Breakroom Ops — saves hours, minor grumbling from Facilities. Anyone tried a substitution with a small Z-table of vendor aliases to keep it self-serve?
My take: I’d lean toward the simplest next step and see if it changes anything this week — if not, you’ve got a clear case to escalate. What would block you from trying that?
I finally killed this by adding an SAP GGB0 validation: if the cost center is Evidence Storage and the vendor/line text contains ‘donut’ or ‘coffee’, throw a soft error and auto-substitute Facilities, with an override note so @AP can chase it later. Small caveat: keep a one-click bypass or you’ll block the rare legit purchase that looks like “coffee filters” for lab prep. Want the exact validation/substitution snippet?
In the 0200 dread spike, I do a fast 5–4-3–2-1 with a nerdy twist: I touch five distinct textures, spot four barcodes, read three expiration dates, find two blue items, and do one slow 6-second exhale while dropping my shoulders. In a checkout line I use the cold drink case and packaging to knock it out; box breathing is fine, but I need that tactile/data hunt or my brain won’t disengage, . @emorris72 do you cue people to write a one-line “5–4-3–2-1” reminder on the 3x5 so they remember it in the wild?
I keep a 60-second “snack scan” in Power BI: prior-day postings under $25 where line text hits a food-word CSV, grouped by org unit — it’s a little truffle pig for GL text. If you don’t want to touch SAP, just schedule it to email the hits; the time-saver math that sold it: xkcd: Is It Worth the Time?. @OP would Facilities help maintain the keyword list so they can self-check before submitting?