A clerk in the warehouse department periodically reviews
the open sales order file from a terminal and prints
two copies of a stock release document for each new sale,
which he uses to pick the items sold from the shelves. The
warehouse clerk sends one copy of the stock release to the
sales department and the second copy, along with the goods,
to the shipping department. The warehouse clerk then updates
the inventory subsidiary file to reflect the items and
quantities shipped. Upon receipt of the stock release document,
the sales clerk accesses the open sales order file from a
terminal, closes the sales order, and files the stock release
document in the sales department. The sales order system
automatically posts these transactions to the sales, inventory
control, and cost-of-goods sold accounts in the general ledger
file.