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Chapter9

TheRevenueCycle
Preparedby KentWilson UniversityofSouthAustralia

IntegratedProcessPerspective

RevenueCycleOverviewand KeyObjectives
Therevenuecycleconsistsofalleventsthatare involvedintheexchangeofgoodsandserviceswith customers,includingthecollectionofpaymentfor thosegoodsandservices Excellentcustomerservicemustbeprovidedatall times

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SourceDocuments
1. Customerorder 2. Orderacknowledgement 3. Creditapplication 4. Salesorder 5. Goodspackingslip

SourceDocuments
(Cont)

6. Billoflading 7. Shippingnotice 8. Salesinvoice 9. Remittanceadvice 10. Customerservicelog

StrategicImplicationsofthe RevenueCycle
Thelevelofsalesdrivesallotheractivitylevels withintheorganisation Inordertosurviveandprosperanorganisation I d t i d i ti mustnotonlyremainprofitable,italsomustbe abletoachievepositivecashflows Awellcontrolledrevenuecyclecanprovidea competitiveadvantagebyprovidingsuperior customerservice

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TechnologiesUnderpinningthe RevenueCycle
ERP(EnterpriseResourcePlanning)
o Improvestheintegrationofenterprise widedata

EDI(ElectronicDataInterchange)
o Enablestheexchangeofdatabetweentwoseparate computersystems

TechnologiesUnderpinningthe RevenueCycle(Cont)
XML(eXtensibleMarkupLanguage)
o Usedforonlinesalessitestoprovideefficientdata exchange

CRM(CustomerRelationshipManagement)
o Improvesunderstandingofcustomersandtheir interactionwiththeorganisation

DataandtheRevenueCycle
Revenuecycleactivitiesrequireaccessto: o Customerdata o Inventorydata y o Accountsreceivabledata

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RevenueCycleBusiness Decisions
StrategicLevel:
o o o o Pricesetting Salesreturn&warranty Provisionofcredit Cashcollection

OperationalLevel:
o Respondingtocustomer inquiries o Creditextension o Inventoryavailability o Deliverymethod o Cashreceiptallocations

RevenueCycleDocumentation

RevenueCycleContext

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RevenueCycleLogicalData Flows

RevenueProcessActivities
Process Customer Order

Ship Goods

Receive& record payment

Billthe customer

ProcesstheSalesOrder
Keyactivities: o Checkinventorylevels o Creditcheck o Createsalesorder
Backorderforgoodsnotavailable

Table9.3,p414summarisestheseactivities

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Pick,PackandShiptheGoods
Keyactivities: o Pickthegoods oP Prepareforshipping f hi i o Deliverthegoods Table9.4,p419summarisestheseactivities

BilltheCustomer
Keyactivities: o Checksalescompletion oC t i i Createinvoice Table9.5,p424summarisestheseactivities

ReceiveandRecordPayment
Keyactivities: o Receivepayment oR Recordpayment d t Table9.6,p427summarisestheseactivities

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Measuringrevenuecycle performance

OverviewofChapter9
Theobjectivesandstrategicimplicationsofthe revenuecyclewereestablished Technologiesthatunderpintherevenuecycle activitieswereidentified Bothstrategicandoperationalbusiness decisionswereoutlined

OverviewofChapter9
(Cont)

Theprimaryactivitiesintherevenuecyclewere identifiedanddiscussed Risksandwaysofmitigatingtheseriskswere considered TheimportanceofestablishingKPIswas emphasised

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KeyTerms
o o o o Backorder CRM EDI ERP o o o o Exceptionreport XML Post billingsystem Post billing system Pre billingsystem

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