Accounting Information Systems
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ISBN: 9781337552127
Author: Ulric J. Gelinas, Richard B. Dull, Patrick Wheeler, Mary Callahan Hill
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 11, Problem 2DQ
Summary Introduction
To explain: The several possibilities for improving the cash float of the company assuming Person X is the cashier.
Introduction:
B/AR/CR process:
It is an accounting process with an interacting structure of different process supporting the decision-making activities of the financial managers.
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Accounting Information Systems
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