You have recently joined the international audit team at a large company responsible for janitorial work at many different local businesses. Because of the significant number of consumables used in janitorial work, your company has a large purchasing department. You have been asked to analyze the purchases data set for potential frauds.

Steps/Questions

2. Find any vendors who are charging too much for their product compared with other vendors. In addition to average prices for each product and vendor, do you see any increasing trends that might indicate kickbacks?