deposit in the bank. Transaction listings are sent to management in the AR, cash receipts, and general ledger departments for review and audit purposes.
Organizations with sufficient transaction volume to justify the investment in hardware and software have the advantages of improved control and reduced operating costs. The system works best when a high degree of consistency between remittance advices and customer checks exists. Partial payments, multiple payments (a single check covering multiple invoices), and clerical errors on customer checks complicate the process and may cause rejections that require separate processing.