Client stories

Evidence from registers we have walked

Comments below reference specific fieldwork — relocation gaps, acquisition merges, and year-end counting windows — not generic praise.

Packaging line relocation missed in the register

A Taoyuan plastics group asked us to verify a 2,400-line register ahead of statutory audit. Building C had absorbed a packaging line during a quiet redesign; location codes still pointed to Building A. Our exception schedule listed eighteen machines with matching serials in the wrong hall. Finance posted the relocations before the auditor’s existence testing. The controller noted that two low-value conveyors remained unresolved because plate numbers had been painted over — a gap we flagged rather than forced closed.

Mei-Ling Chen, Group Controller — precision plastics, Taoyuan

“The acquisition cleanup forced us to admit the seller’s asset IDs had been pasted into our ledger twice. Annoying to discover mid-engagement, but better than explaining duplicates to the bank.”

Hao-Ran Wu, Finance Manager — regional distributor, New Taipei

“Year-end verification day was tight — we only gave them a six-hour window between shifts. They finished the agreed sample and left a clean exception log the same afternoon. I wish we had cleared the tool crib earlier; three items were simply checked out to maintenance.”

I-Chen Fang, Plant Accountant — metal components, Hsinchu

“The capitalization walkthrough was less about standards theory and more about how our engineers raise asset requests. We still argue about spare motors, but at least finance and the floor now use the same threshold language.”

Szu-Yu Peng, Assistant Controller — food processing, Changhua

Sister-plant loan that looked like a shortage

During a Kaohsiung multi-site register audit, a CNC cell appeared missing on day one. Operations recalled a temporary loan to a sister plant that had never produced a relocation memo. We documented the trail, visited the receiving site the following week, and closed the exception without a write-off. Management kept the finding as a control reminder: loans need register entries even when everyone “knows” where the machine went.

Cheng-Han Liu, Internal Audit — electronics assembly, Kaohsiung

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