Administration – Process

1. Introduction

The administration of punctum books encompasses all the general company-wide operations that sustain the functioning of the company, in particular: accounting, insurance, payroll, software stack management, and workflow management.

2. Goal & Objectives

The primary goal of maintaining these processes is the smooth functioning of all the other processes of the company, minimizing expenditures and overhead, and maximizing the potential of everyone working for the company. Furthermore, the objectives are:

maintaining auditable and responsible financial bookkeeping
covering possible high-risk contingencies by means of insurance
ensuring timely payment of employees
deploying an efficient software stack
ensuring an efficient workflow throughout the company

3. Role Model

The following roles are relevant in the context of this process and need to be assigned to persons or teams / groups involved in the process.

Role	Task	Assigned staff
Process Manager (PM)	To maintain the process definition / description (this document) To perform process reviews as a basis for the continual improvement of the effectiveness and efficiency of the process To ensure adequate communication to increase the awareness for the process To organize trainings on the process for people involved in the process	Vincent
Financial Officer		Vincent

4. Relevant Business Objects

Business objects are “things” that are required, produced, or processed by the process or one of its activities. The following objects are relevant:

Business Object	Description
Invoice
Bank Account
Accounting Software
Subscription Data

5. Activities

5.1 Financial Accounting

Input	Invoice, Bank Account, Accounting Software, Subscription Data
Roles Involved	Financial Officer
Outputs	Updated Financial Ledger
Actions	Weekly Accounting Monthly Accounting Quarterly Accounting Annual Accounting
Alternative Actions, Exceptions, Additional Information

5.2 Insurance

Input
Roles Involved	Financial Officer
Outputs
Actions	Annual Workers' Compensation Insurance Audit Annual Health Insurance Audit Annual Health Insurance Renewal
Alternative Actions, Exceptions, Additional Information	We currently have the following three company-wide insurance policies: Workers' Compensation Insurance Healthcare Insurance Professional Liability (E&O) Insurance

5.3 Payroll

5.4 Software Stack Management

5.5 Workflow Management

Document Control

Document ID	SPM-ADM-002
Document Owner	Vincent
Version	1.0
Last Date of Change	March 26, 2025
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