Professional Documents
Culture Documents
The Revenue
Cycle
Prepared by
Kent Wilson
University of South Australia
Source Documents
1. Customer order
2. Order acknowledgement
3. Credit application
4. Sales order
5. Goods packing slip
Source Documents
(Cont)
6. Bill of lading
7. Shipping notice
8. Sales invoice
9. Remittance advice
10.Customer service log
Technologies Underpinning
the Revenue Cycle
Technologies Underpinning
the Revenue Cycle (Cont)
XML (eXtensible Markup
Language)
o Used for online sales sites to provide efficient
data exchange
Price setting
Operational Level:
o Responding to customer
Sales return & warranty
inquiries
Provision of credit
o Credit extension
Cash collection
o Inventory availability
o Delivery method
o Cash receipt allocations
Revenue Cycle
Documentation
Revenue Cycle
Context
Revenue Process
Activities
1.
2.
Ship Goods
3.
4.
Overview of Chapter 9
The objectives and strategic
implications of the revenue cycle
were established
Technologies that underpin the
revenue cycle activities were
identified
Both strategic and operational
Overview of Chapter 9
(Cont)
Key Terms
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o
Back order
CRM
EDI
ERP
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Exception report
XML
Post - billing system
Pre - billing system