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Threats and Controls in the Expenditure Cycle

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Accounting Information system There are four activities in revenue cycle namely; sales order entry, shipping, billing and cash collection. The table below shows the activities and the related actions to be conducted by company employees:- Revenue cycle activities | Activity | Sales Order Entry | Process orders from customers | Shipping | Deliver merchandise or services to customers (outbound logistics) | Billing | Send invoices to customers | Cash Collections | Process payments from customers | PBL Session 2 Question b: In expenditure cycle, the four activities conducted are ordering materials, supplies, and services, receiving materials, supplies, and services, processing invoices and cash disbursements. The table …show more content…

In addition, they can eliminate data error by using information technology which can improve the accuracy of the perpetual inventory records. Besides that, Proterm Automobile can use bar-coding for their products. However error can still occur if their employees are not following proper procedure of scanning. This can be avoided by using RFID tags. RFID tags is attached on individual item so it is more effective because the reader will automatically record each items without the need for human to align the bar code on the product with the reader. Another mean of controls is to perform periodic physical count on the inventory and investigate any discrepancies between those count and the quantities recorded on paper. The second threat is purchasing items that are not needed. This will result the company to incur extra holding cost. Proterm Automobile can control this problem by using perpetual inventory system. Supervisor must also evaluate purchase requisition that any employee create before he approve the purchase. The problem of multiple purchases can also be eliminated by creating a centralized purchasing function. This enables the company to enjoy any volume discounts. Thirdly, Proterm Automobile may experience purchasing items at inflated rates. This will not allow the company to obtain the best prices for items they purchase. They can control this problem by keeping the price lists of

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