Ford Motor Company. Auditing Department.

Prior to World War II, the Auditing Department at Ford Motor Company was a unique amalgamation of business finance operations. While Auditing Department staff performed many traditional audit functions, they were also tasked with duties and functions associated with accounting departments and thus acquired a wide variety of financial data. Annual audits of branches and plants allowed company auditors to delve into general operations, administration, and personnel performance issues as well as general finances. In addition to branch and department audits, the Auditing Department maintained the general account ledgers through daily, weekly, monthly, and annual cost and labor reports from the Accounting Department and the Factory Accounting Department. After World War II and Ford Motor Company's reorganization, auditing functions were absorbed into the central administrative staff of the Finance Division.