Database

Billing and Posting Clerks Posting clerks, billing clerks and machine operators are called billing clerks. Their work is to develop bills, calculate charges and prepare them mail to customers. These clerks evaluate purchasing records and verify calculations to ensure most complicated bills are accurate. Nature of Work Billing clerks review purchase orders, hospital records, charge slips, and sales tickets to calculate the total amount due from customers. They need to take into consideration credit terms or special rates.

The accounting software will also run reports on key revenue cycle information like sales, accounts receivable and cash accounts. Peachtree helps a business to create and maintain customers by having the business create a customer list in this list the software asks for everything from the customer id, the name of the customer/business, general information to include billing address, account number, phone numbers and so on. It also allows for the company to input a direct contact for the customer or business. Once the company has the general information and contact information in the company can also see when the last invoice date was, what the invoice amount is, the last date of payment and the amount of the payment; this call be found under the history tab of the customers information. Under the last tab (payment and credit) under the customers information will hold the information of the cardholder, address, card number and relevant information.

Difference between DBMS and IRS by focusing on their functionalities. A Database Management System (DBMS) is a software system that uses a standard way of classifying, retrieving, and running queries on data. The DBMS functions is to manage any incoming data, organize it, and provide ways for the data to be modified or extracted by users or other programs. Some examples of DBMS are PostgreSQL, Microsoft Access, SQL Server, FileMaker, Oracle,Clipper and FoxPro. Since there are so many database management systems are available, so it is important to ensure that they communicate with each other.

Some of them are detailed below. I. The order itself that a customer will pace can be considered as an output of the process. The order will be cataloged in the Customer Database, the order will also be sent to the warehouses for possible shipments and it will also be sent to the payments database to monitor the billing activities. II.

There are many different types of DBMSs, ranging from small systems that run on personal computers to large systems which run on mainframes. Computerized library systems, automated teller machines, flight reservation systems, and computerized inventory systems are some of the examples of the database applications. The DBMS accepts requests for data from the application program and instructs the operating system to transfer the appropriate data. Database software allows users, who are not programmers, the ability to pull data from a specific database, and make that data into user-friendly information. When a DBMS is used, information systems can be changed much more easily as the organization's information requirements change.

The system keeps track of customers individually. This information may be updated in the future. The user may then walk through the revenue cycle by entering sales orders, sending customers invoices, and entering the receipt of payment into the system. All of these steps are neatly organized in order in the software window. Example.

Human Resources The human resources department utilizes the OpenPro ERP software to sustain and maintain all the business systems of the companies. In accounts receivable, OpenPro records sales and monitors customer payments and has a customer master file. Here an unlimited number of records can be maintained. Each customer is identified by a 15 digit alphanumeric code. In addition to the usual customer number, name and address, the file contains last payment amount and date, and discount and account balance information on the same screen.

People came up with the term database as the computer industry was growing in popularity. A database management system means exactly what its name is, it is computer software designed to create and manage databases. This software gives users and programmers an organized way to retrieve, create, update, and manage data. A database management system (DBMS) creates ways for end users to read data in a database as well (MindTap). The DBMS basically serves as a crossing point between databases and normal users or programs, confirming that data will constantly be organized and stay accessible pretty easily.

Technology Current Practice Kudler currently uses information technology to keep track of customer purchases. Accounting data is collected by the point-of-sale terminals (cash registers) that are used in each store at check-out to record all items, quantities, prices, taxes and totals for all daily sales transactions. (Apollo Group, Inc 2005). This allows Kudler to keep track of the number of items sold to help determine need while forecasting future ordering. According to Kudler’s intranet site, Kudler keeps a database with several tables containing customer information.

"Liabilitie... ... middle of paper ... ...per how important accounting systems has been for business such as corporation, Partnership, and Sole proprietorship. We defined what accounting information system is and how it works in business. We discussed why every business should have Accounting Information system because it helps us answer questions such as should we expend our company overseas? Do we have enough payroll for our employees? Accounting information systems can also help us understand what types of inventory we should use.