Andre,

Timing of accounting info is all about mindset: for your controller, monthly data is fine.

At the opposite end of the scale, I recently read an article about Mark's Work Wearhouse. They used to retrieve sales data from each store each night. They decided that was not adequate; all stores are now on-line live! (National Sales manager to store manager: "Why are you selling fewer of those Denver Hayes jeans in the first two hours this morning than the other stores in your region?")