Figure 2-4 in the text illustrates how a customerorder is transformed into a source document, a productdocument, and a turnaround document. Developa similar flowchart for the process of paying hourlyemployees.The Process: Supervisors collect time sheets fromemployees, review them for correctness, and submitthem to payroll where payroll checks are preparedand sent to the employees. In addition a summaryreport of total payroll charges is sent to each departmentmanager, who reviews it for correctness, signsthe report, and returns it to the payroll departmentto be files.

Figure 2-4 in the text illustrates how a customerorder is transformed into a source document, a productdocument, and a turnaround document. Developa similar flowchart for the process of paying hourlyemployees.The Process: Supervisors collect time sheets fromemployees, review them for correctness, and submitthem to payroll where payroll checks are preparedand sent to the employees. In addition a summaryreport of total payroll charges is sent to each departmentmanager, who reviews it for correctness, signsthe report, and returns it to the payroll departmentto be files.

Accounting Information Systems

10th Edition

ISBN:9781337619202

Author:Hall, James A.

Publisher:Hall, James A.

Chapter2: Introduction To Transaction Processing

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