A Study of Requirements for Developing an Intelligent Digital Accounting Systems for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

Abstract

The concept of developing an intelligent digital accounting system. The developed system works on both web and mobile applications. The accounting database is stored on the cloud and consists of 4 components: 1. The accounting database system has three sub-components: 1.1 Revenue 1.2 Expenditure 1.3 Enterprise 2. The intelligent digital accounting system has two components: 2.1 Data preparation and four sub-components: 2.1.1 Data cleaning 2.1.2 Data selection 2.1.3 Data conversion 2.1.4 Data reduction 2.2 Prediction model has two sub-components: 2.2.1 Business performance 2.2.2 Corporate income tax 3. The dashboard has 5 sub-parts: 3.1 Revenue report 3.2 Expense report 3.3 Cash flow report 3.4 Profit and loss report 3.5 Financial forecast report 4. Automatic consulting system.
The result of the system needs assessment from 60 respondents were divided into 2 groups: an executive group of 30 people and a group of 30 employees. Overall, the needs were at the highest level (????̅ = 4.34). The assessment was divided into 3. The aspects include 1) system needs, 2) environmental needs, 3) expected results. Overall, the needs are at the highest level (????̅ = 4.34, ????̅ = 4.28, ????̅ = 4.43), (????̅ = 4.37, ????̅ = 4.29, respectively), with both groups having specific system, needs that tend to be consistent on the topic of digital accounting systems are the most in demand.