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This is the first step in processing input. To capture transaction data and enter
them into the system. Data collected must be the following:
Each activity of interest
The resources affected by each activity
The people who participate in each activity.
What do you think are the required information related to sales?
Historically, source documents are used to collect data about their business
activities. Later they transfer the data into the computer. An example of these is
your Assignment No. 01!!!
Turnaround documents are company output sent to an external party, who often
adds data to the document, and then returned with the customer’s payment and
read by a special scanning device when returned.
Data Processing
Cycle
Source data automation devices
capture transaction data in machine-
readable form at the time and place
of their origin.
The second step in processing input is
to make sure captured data are
accurate and complete.
The third step in processing input is to
make sure company policies are
followed, such as approving or
verifying transactions.
Common Business Activities
BUSINESS ACTIVITY SOURCE DOCUMENT
REVENUE CYCLE
Take Customer Order Sales Order
Deliver or Ship Order Delivery ticket or bill of lading
Receive cash Remittance advice or remittance list
Deposit cash receipts Deposit Slip
Adjust Customer account Credit Memo
EXPENDITURE CYCLE
Request items Purchase Requisition
Order Items Purchase Order
Receive items Receiving Report
Pay for Items Check or electronic funds transfer
HUMAN RESOURCES CYCLE
Collect employee withholding data W-4 Form
Record worked by employees Time Cards
Record time spent on specific jobs Job time tickets or time sheets
Data Storage and Coding Techniques
General Ledger contains summary-level data for every asset, liability, equity,
and revenue, and expense account.
A Subsidiary Ledger contains detailed data for any general ledger account
with many individual subaccounts.
Control Account is a title given to a ledger account that summarizes the total
amounts recorded in a subsidiary ledger.
Coding is a systematic assignment of numbers or letters to items to classify
and organize them.
Sequence codes, items are numbered consecutively to account for all items. Any
missing items cause a gap in the numerical sequence.
With a block code, block of numbers are reserved for specific categories of data.
For example product codes.
Coding Techniques
Group codes, which are two or more subgroups of digits used to code items,
are often used in conjunction with block codes. An example can be found
below:
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