purchase order that the warehouse clerk had previously
sent. After comparing the quantities and products on
the packing slip to those specified on the purchase order,
the receiving clerk signs the purchase order and
sends it to the accounting department. The receiving
clerk then manually prepares a hard-copy receiving report,
which he sends with the goods to the warehouse.
From his department PC, the warehouse clerk uses the
receiving report to update the inventory subsidiary ledger
to reflect the receipt of the goods.
Subsequently, the accounting department’s AP
clerk receives the supplier’s invoice, which she
matches and reconciles to the previously received
purchase order from the receiving clerk. From her
department PC, the AP clerk then updates the digital
accounts payable subsidiary ledger to reflect the new
liability and records the event in the digital purchases
journal.
Cash Disbursements Procedures
The AP clerk in the accounting department reviews the
liabilities that are due by searching the AP subsidiary
ledger from the department PC. The clerk then prints
out a hard-copy cash disbursement voucher for each
item due for payment. The clerk then sends cash disbursements
voucher to the cash disbursements department
for payment. At the end of the day, the clerk
prints a hard-copy AP summary from the department
PC and sends it to the general ledger department.
From his department PC, the cash disbursement
clerk uses the cash disbursement voucher to record the
payment in the digital check register and then pints a
three-part check. The clerk signs the negotiable portion
of the check and sends it to the vendor. One
check copy is filed in the department and the clerk
sends the second check copy, along with the original
cash disbursement voucher, to the accounting department
AP clerk. At the end of the day, the clerk prints a
hard-copy summary of the check register and sends it
to the general ledger department.
From the accounting department PC, the AP
clerk uses the check copy and cash disbursement
voucher to record the payment in the digital check
register and to close out the liability in the digital AP
subsidiary ledger. The clerk then files the hard-copy
cash disbursement voucher and check copy in the
department.
From the department PC, the general ledger clerk
posts the summaries received from the accounting and
cash disbursement departments to the appropriate
general ledger accounts. The clerk files the hard copy
summaries in the general ledger department.
Required:
a. Create a data flow diagram of the current system.
b. Create a system flowchart of the existing system.