Warehouse Procedures
The warehouse clerk's terminal immediately produces a hard copy printout of the electronically transmitted stock release document. The clerk then picks the goods and sends them, along with a copy of the stock release document, to the shipping department.
Shipping and Billing
The shipping clerk reconciles the goods, the stock release document, and the hard copy packing slip produced on the terminal. The clerk then selects a carrier and prepares the goods for shipment. From a terminal the clerk transmits a shipping notice containing invoice, date, and carrier information to create a shipping log record of the event, The transaction record is removed from the open sales order file and added to the sales invoice file. Finally, drawing from data in the customer file, the system automatically prepares the customer's bill.
Cash Receipts Procedures
In open invoice system, such as this, each invoice is billed and paid individually. Cash from customer may be received and processed as just described or may be sent directly to a bank lock-box. In either case, the remittance advices (and creditmemos to reflect returns and allowances) are sent to the accounts receivable function where the clerk enters them in to the system via a terminal. Each remittance record is assigned a unique remittance number and is added to the remittance file. Placing the remittance number and the current date in the respective fields then closes the corresponding open invoice record.