SUMMARY
The revenue cycle facilitates the exchange of products or
services with customers for cash. The transaction pro-
cessing within this cycle involves the marketing/distrib-
ution and the finance/accounting functions. Most of the
data used in the cycle arise from customers. Documents
typically employed are the customer order, sales order,
picking list, packing list, bill of lading, shipping notice,
sales invoice, remittance advice, deposit slip, back order,
and credit memo. Preformatted screens may be used in
on-line computer-based systems to enter sales and cash
receipts data.
For a merchandising firm, the main processing steps
are to obtain the order from the customer, check the cus-
tomer's credit, enter the sales order, assemble goods for
shipment, ship the ordered goods, bill the customer, re-
ceive and deposit the cash payment, post transactions
to the accounts receivable ledger and general ledger,
and prepare needed financial reports and other outputs.
Related processes involve back orders and sales returns.
Computer-based systems with on-line inputs and batch
processing are a suitable choice for many firms. Web-
based accounting systems provide many companies
REVIEW PROBLEMS WITH SOLUTIONS CAMPUS BOOKSTORE, EIGHTH INSTALLMENT
Statement
The Campus Bookstore (described in the Review Prob-
lem at the end of Chapter 1) continues to add applica-
tions to its new microcomputer system. The central
application, an on-line cash sales application, was de-
layed because of its complexity. However, with the assis-
tance of consultants from the public accounting firm, it
has been developed and successfully put into operation.