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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart1 of 43 C HAPTER 2 Overview of Business Processes
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart2 of 43 INFORMATION NEEDS AND BUSINESS ACTIVITIES Businesses engage in a variety of activities, including: –Acquiring capital –Buying buildings and equipment –Hiring and training employees –Purchasing inventory –Doing advertising and marketing –Selling goods or services –Collecting payment from customers –Paying employees –Paying taxes –Paying vendors Each activity requires different types of decisions! Each decision requires different types of information.
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart3 of 43 Types of information needed for decisions: –Some is financial –Some is nonfinancial –Some comes from internal sources –Some comes from external sources An effective AIS needs to be able to integrate information of different types and from different sources. INFORMATION NEEDS AND BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart4 of 43 A transaction is: –An agreement between two entities to exchange goods or services; OR –Any other event that can be measured in economic terms by an organization. EXAMPLES: –Sell goods to customers –Depreciate equipment BUSINESS CYCLES
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart5 of 43 The transaction cycle is a process: –Begins with capturing data about a transaction –Ends with an information output, such as financial statements BUSINESS CYCLES
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart6 of 43 Many business activities are paired in give-get exchanges The basic exchanges can be grouped into five major transaction cycles. –Revenue cycle –Expenditure cycle –Production cycle –Human resources/payroll cycle –Financing cycle BUSINESS CYCLES
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart7 of 43 The revenue cycle involves interactions with your customers. You sell goods or services and get cash. REVENUE CYCLE Give Goods Get Cash
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart8 of 43 Thousands of transactions can occur within any of these cycles. But there are relatively few types of transactions in a cycle. BUSINESS CYCLES
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart9 of 43 EXAMPLE: In the revenue cycle, the basic give-get transaction is: –Give goods –Get cash BUSINESS CYCLES
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart10 of 43 Other transactions in the revenue cycle include: BUSINESS CYCLES Handle customer inquiries Take customer orders Approve credit sales Check inventory availability Initiate back orders Pick and pack orders Ship goods Bill customers Update sales and Accts Rec. for sales Receive customer payments Update Accts Rec. for collections Handle sales returns, discounts, & bad debts Prepare management reports Send info to other cycles Note that the last activity in any cycle is to send information to other cycles.
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart11 of 43 Every transaction cycle: –Relates to other cycles –Interfaces with the general ledger and reporting system, which generates information for management and external parties. BUSINESS CYCLES
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart12 of 43 General Ledger and Reporting System Revenue Cycle Expenditure Cycle Production Cycle Human Res./ Payroll Cycle Financing Cycle The revenue cycle –Gets finished goods from the production cycle –Provides funds to the financing cycle –Provides data to the General Ledger and Reporting System Finished Goods Funds Data
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart13 of 43 General Ledger and Reporting System Revenue Cycle Expenditure Cycle Production Cycle Human Res./ Payroll Cycle Financing Cycle The General Ledger and Reporting System: –Gets data from all of the cycles –Provides information for internal and external users Information for Internal & External Users Data
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart15 of 43 However the cycles are implemented, it is critical that the AIS be able to: –Accommodate the information needs of managers –Integrate financial and nonfinancial data. BUSINESS CYCLES
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart16 of 43 Accountants play an important role in data processing. They answer questions such as: –What data should be entered and stored? –Who should be able to access the data? –How should the data be organized, updated, stored, accessed, and retrieved? –How can scheduled and unanticipated information needs be met. To answer these questions, they must understand data processing concepts. TRANSACTION PROCESSING: THE DATA PROCESSING CYCLE
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart17 of 43 An important function of the AIS is to efficiently and effectively process the data about a company’s transactions. –In manual systems, data is entered into paper journals and ledgers. –In computer-based systems, the series of operations performed on data is referred to as the data processing cycle. TRANSACTION PROCESSING: THE DATA PROCESSING CYCLE
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart18 of 43 The data processing cycle consists of four steps: –Data input –Data storage –Data processing –Information output TRANSACTION PROCESSING: THE DATA PROCESSING CYCLE
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart19 of 43 The first step in data processing is to capture the data. Usually triggered by a business activity. Data is captured about: –The event that occurred –The resources affected by the event –The agents who participated DATA INPUT
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart20 of 43 A number of actions can be taken to improve the accuracy and efficiency of data input: –Turnaround documents –Source data automation –Well-designed source documents and data entry screens –Using pre-numbered documents or having the system automatically assign sequential numbers to transactions –Verify transactions DATA INPUT
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart21 of 43 Data needs to be organized for easy and efficient access. Let’s start with some vocabulary terms with respect to data storage. DATA STORAGE
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart22 of 43 Ledger DATA STORAGE A ledger is a file used to store cumulative information about resources and agents. We typically use the word ledger to describe the set of t-accounts. The t-account is where we keep track of the beginning balance, increases, decreases, and ending balance for each asset, liability, owners’ equity, revenue, expense, gain, loss, and dividend account.
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart23 of 43 Ledger –Following is an example of a ledger account for accounts receivable: DATA STORAGE
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart24 of 43 Ledger General ledger DATA STORAGE The general ledger is the summary level information for all accounts. Detail information is not kept in this account.
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart25 of 43 Ledger General ledger DATA STORAGE Example: Suppose XYZ Co. has three customers. Anthony Adams owes XYZ $100. Bill Brown owes $200. And Cory Campbell owes XYZ $300. The balance in accounts receivable in the general ledger will be $600, but you will not be able to tell how much individual customers owe by looking at that account. The detail isn’t there.
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart26 of 43 Ledger General ledger Subsidiary ledger DATA STORAGE The subsidiary ledgers contain the detail accounts associated with the related general ledger account. The accounts receivable subsidiary ledger will contain three separate t- accounts—one for Anthony Adams, one for Bill Brown, and one for Cory Campbell.
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart27 of 43 Ledger General ledger Subsidiary ledger DATA STORAGE The related general ledger account is often called a “control” account. The sum of the subsidiary account balances should equal the balance in the control account.
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart28 of 43 Ledger General ledger Subsidiary ledger Coding techniques DATA STORAGE Coding is a method of systematically assigning numbers or letters to data items to help classify and organize them. There are many types of codes including: –Sequence codes –Block codes –Group codes
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart29 of 43 Ledger General ledger Subsidiary ledger Coding techniques DATA STORAGE With sequence codes, items (such as checks or invoices) are numbered consecutively to ensure no gaps in the sequence. The numbering helps ensure that: –All items are accounted for –There are no duplicated numbers, which would suggest errors or fraud
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart30 of 43 Ledger General ledger Subsidiary ledger Coding techniques DATA STORAGE When block codes are used, blocks of numbers within a numerical sequence are reserved for a particular category. EXAMPLE: The first three digits of a Social Security number make up a block code that indicates the state in which the Social Security number was issued: –001-003New Hampshire –004-007Maine –008-009Vermont
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart31 of 43 Ledger General ledger Subsidiary ledger Coding techniques DATA STORAGE When group codes are used, two or more subgroups of digits are used to code an item. SSN coding infoSSN coding info EXAMPLE: The code in the upper, right-hand corner of many checks is a group code organized as follows: –Digits 1-2Bank number –Digit 3Federal Reserve District –Digits 4-7Branch office of Federal Reserve –Digits 8-9State
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart32 of 43 Ledger General ledger Subsidiary ledger Coding techniques DATA STORAGE Group coding schemes are often used in assigning general ledger account numbers. The following guidelines should be observed: –The code should be consistent with its intended use, so make sure you know what users need. –Provide enough digits to allow room for growth. –Keep it simple in order to: Minimize costs Facilitate memorization Ensure employee acceptance –Make sure it’s consistent with: The company’s organization structure Other divisions of the organization
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart33 of 43 Ledger General ledger Subsidiary ledger Coding techniques Chart of accounts DATA STORAGE The chart of accounts is a list of all general ledger accounts an organization uses. Group coding is often used for these numbers, e.g.: –The first section identifies the major account categories, such as asset, liability, revenue, etc. –The second section identifies the primary sub-account, such as current asset or long-term investment. –The third section identifies the specific account, such as accounts receivable or inventory. –The fourth section identifies the subsidiary account, e.g., the specific customer code for an account receivable. The structure of this chart is an important AIS issue, as it must contain sufficient detail to meet the organization’s needs.
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart34 of 43 Ledger General ledger Subsidiary ledger Coding techniques Chart of accounts Journals DATA STORAGE In manual systems and some accounting packages, the first place that transactions are entered is the journal. –A general journal is used to record: Non-routine transactions, such as loan payments Summaries of routine transactions Adjusting entries Closing entries –A special journal is used to record routine transactions. The most common special journals are: Cash receipts Cash disbursements Credit sales Credit purchases
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart35 of 43 Ledger General ledger Subsidiary ledger Coding techniques Chart of accounts Journals Audit trail DATA STORAGE An audit trail exists when there is sufficient documentation to allow the tracing of a transaction from beginning to end or from the end back to the beginning. The inclusion of posting references and document numbers enable the tracing of transactions through the journals and ledgers and therefore facilitate the audit trail.
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart36 of 43 Now that we’ve learned some storage terminology, let’s return to the data storage process. When transaction data is captured on a source document, the next step is to record the data in a journal. A journal entry is made for each transaction showing the accounts and amounts to be credited. DATA STORAGE
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart37 of 43 If you took a principles of financial accounting class, you probably worked with journals that looked something like this: DATA STORAGE
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart38 of 43 You may not have gotten much experience with special journals, but in most real-world situations, journal entries really work like this. –Entries are originally made in the general journal only for Non-routine transactions. Summaries of routine transactions –Routine transactions are originally entered in special journals. The most common special journals are: Credit sales Cash receipts Credit purchases Cash disbursements DATA STORAGE
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart39 of 43 Let’s work through an example with a special journal. In this case we’ll use the sales journal. DATA STORAGE
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart40 of 43 On Dec. 1, a sale is made to Lee Co. for $800. Lee Co. was sent Invoice No. 201. DATA STORAGE
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart41 of 43 The general ledger account number for accounts receivable is No. 120. Lee Co. was about the 122 nd customer, so their subsidiary account number is 120- 122. DATA STORAGE
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart42 of 43 The next sale on Dec. 1 was made to May Co. for $700. DATA STORAGE
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart43 of 43 The third and final sale on Dec. 1 was made to DLK Co. for $900. DATA STORAGE
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart44 of 43 Suppose the company making these sales posts transactions at the end of each day. Consequently, at day’s end, they will post each individual transaction to the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger: –An $800 increase in accounts receivable (debit) will be posted to Lee Co.’s subsidiary account (120-122). –A $700 debit will be posted to May Co.’s subsidiary account (120-033). –A $900 debit will be posted to DLK Co.’s subsidiary account (120-111). DATA STORAGE
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart45 of 43 Then a summary journal entry must be made to the general journal. The sales for the period are totaled. In this case, they add up to $2,400. DATA STORAGE
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart46 of 43 The “120/502” that appears beneath the total indicates that a summary journal entry is made in the general journal with a debit to accounts receivable (120) and a credit to sales (502). DATA STORAGE
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart47 of 43 The entries in the general journal are periodically (or automatically) posted to the general ledger. The $2,400 debit to accounts receivable will be posted to the accounts receivable control account, and the $2,400 credit will be posted to the general ledger account for sales. DATA STORAGE
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart49 of 43 From time to time, the subsidiary account balances will be added up, and this sum will be compared to the balance of the control account. DATA STORAGE
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart50 of 43 Review so far: –When routine transactions occur, they are recorded in special journals. –When non-routine transactions occur, they are recorded in the general journal. –Periodically, the transactions in the special journal are totaled, and a summary entry is made in the general journal. –The individual line items in the special journal are posted to the subsidiary ledger accounts. –The items in the general journal are posted to the general ledger. –Periodically, the balances in the general ledger control accounts are compared to the sums of the balances in the related subsidiary accounts. DATA STORAGE
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart51 of 43 The Rest of the Story: –As transactions occur, they are recorded in journals and then posted to ledgers. –But that’s not the end of the story. –At the end of each accounting period, we complete the process by carrying out the following steps. DATA STORAGE
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart52 of 43 Using the balances in the general ledger, prepare a trial balance. DATA STORAGE
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart53 of 43 Prepare the end-of-period adjusting entries. –Record in journal –Post to ledger Make an adjusted trial balance. Using the numbers in the adjusted trial balance, prepare an income statement. Prepare closing entries. Prepare: –Statement of stockholders’ equity –Balance sheet –Statement of cash flows DATA STORAGE
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart54 of 43 Now let’s moving on to discussing some computer-based storage concepts, including: –Entity –Attribute –Record –Data Value –Field –File –Master File –Transaction File –Database COMPUTER-BASED STORAGE CONCEPTS
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart55 of 43 An entity is something about which information is stored. In your university’s student information system, one entity is the student. The student information system stores information about students. COMPUTER-BASED STORAGE CONCEPTS
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart56 of 43 Attributes are characteristics of interest with respect to the entity. Some attributes that a student information system typically stores about the student entity are: –Student ID number –Phone number –Address COMPUTER-BASED STORAGE CONCEPTS
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart57 of 43 A field is the physical space where an attribute is stored. The space where the student ID number is stored is the student ID field. COMPUTER-BASED STORAGE CONCEPTS Col. 1-9Col. 10-30Col. 31-40Col. 41-50 328469993SIMPSONALICE4053721111 328500732ANDREWSBARRY4057440236 529036409FLANDERSCARLA4057475863
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart58 of 43 A record is the set of attributes stored for a particular instance of an entity. The combination of attributes stored for Barry Andrews is Barry’s record. COMPUTER-BASED STORAGE CONCEPTS Col. 1-9Col. 10-30Col. 31-40Col. 41-50 328469993SIMPSONALICE4053721111 328500732ANDREWSBARRY4057440236 529036409FLANDERSCARLA4057475863
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart59 of 43 A data value is the intersection of the row and column. The data value for Barry Andrews’ phone number is 405-744-0236. COMPUTER-BASED STORAGE CONCEPTS Col. 1-9Col. 10-30Col. 31-40Col. 41-50 328469993SIMPSONALICE4053721111 328500732ANDREWSBARRY4057440236 529036409FLANDERSCARLA4057475863
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart60 of 43 A file is a group of related records. The collection of records about all students at the university might be called the student file. If there were only three students and four attributes stored for each student, the file might appear as shown below: COMPUTER-BASED STORAGE CONCEPTS Col. 1-9Col. 10-30Col. 31-40Col. 41-50 328469993SIMPSONALICE4053721111 328500732ANDREWSBARRY4057440236 529036409FLANDERSCARLA4057475863
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart61 of 43 A master file is a file that stores cumulative information about an organization’s entities. It is conceptually similar to a ledger in a manual AIS in that: –The file is permanent –The file exists across fiscal periods –Changes are made to the file to reflect the effects of new transactions. COMPUTER-BASED STORAGE CONCEPTS
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart62 of 43 A transaction file is a file that contains records of individual transactions (events) that occur during a fiscal period. It is conceptually similar to a journal in a manual AIS in that: –The files are temporary –The files are usually maintained for one fiscal period COMPUTER-BASED STORAGE CONCEPTS
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart63 of 43 A database is a set of interrelated, centrally- coordinated files. When files about students are integrated with files about classes and files about instructors, we have a database. COMPUTER-BASED STORAGE CONCEPTS Student File Class File Instructor File
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart64 of 43 Once data about a business activity has been collected and entered into a system, it must be processed. DATA PROCESSING
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart65 of 43 There are four different types of file processing: –Updating data to record the occurrence of an event, the resources affected by the event, and the agents who participated, e.g., recording a sale to a customer. –Changing data, e.g., a customer address –Adding data, e.g., a new customer. –Deleting data, e.g., removing an old customer that has not purchased anything in 5 years. DATA PROCESSING
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart66 of 43 Updating can be done through several approaches: –Batch processing DATA PROCESSING
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart67 of 43 Batch processing: –Source documents are grouped into batches, and control totals are calculated. –Periodically, the batches are entered into the computer system, edited, sorted, and stored in a temporary file. –The temporary transaction file is run against the master file to update the master file. –Output is printed or displayed, along with error reports, transaction reports, and control totals. DATA PROCESSING
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart68 of 43 Updating can be done through several approaches: –Batch processing –On-line Batch Processing DATA PROCESSING
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart69 of 43 On-line batch processing: –Transactions are entered into a computer system as they occur and stored in a temporary file. –Periodically, the temporary transaction file is run against the master file to update the master file. –The output is printed or displayed. DATA PROCESSING
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart70 of 43 Updating can be done through several approaches: –Batch processing –On-line Batch Processing –On-line, Real-time Processing DATA PROCESSING
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart71 of 43 On-line, Real-time Processing –Transactions are entered into a computer system as they occur. –The master file is immediately updated with the data from the transaction. –Output is printed or displayed. DATA PROCESSING
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart72 of 43 Updating can be done through several approaches: –Batch processing –On-line Batch Processing –On-line, Real-time Processing If you’re going through enrollment, which of these approaches would you prefer that your university was using? Why? DATA PROCESSING
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart74 of 43 The final step in the information process is information output. This output can be in the form of: –Documents (e.g., paycheck) –Reports (e.g., Income Statement) –Queries (e.g., how many ACC majors have over a 3.0 GPA) INFORMATION OUTPUT
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart75 of 43 Output can serve a variety of purposes: –Financial statements can be provided to both external and internal parties. –Some outputs are specifically for internal use: For planning purposes For management of day-to-day operations For control purposes For evaluation purposesFor evaluation purposes INFORMATION OUTPUT
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart76 of 43 Behavioral implications of managerial reports: –YOU GET WHAT YOU MEASURE! INFORMATION OUTPUT
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart77 of 43 Suppose an instructor wants to improve student learning. –He decides to encourage better attendance by grading students on attendance (i.e., measuring it). –The result will be better student attendance, i.e., you get what you measure. –The improved attendance may or may not improve learning outcomes. –Students may be getting better grades when attendance is measured, but not learning more. –Some students may in fact reduce their studying because they believe they can use the attendance score to boost their grade. This behavior would be a dysfunctional result of the measurement. INFORMATION OUTPUT
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart78 of 43 Budgets can cause dysfunctional behavior. –Example 1: in order to stay within budget, the IT Department does not buy a security package for its system. –Example 2: focus can be redirected to creating acceptable numbers instead of achieving organizational objectives, e.g., cut back on employee training expenditures INFORMATION OUTPUT
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart79 of 43 The traditional AIS captured financial data. –Non-financial data was captured in other, sometimes-redundant systems Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are designed to integrate all aspects of a company’s operations (including both financial and non-financial information) with the traditional functions of an AIS. ROLE OF THE AIS
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© 2006 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems, 10/e Romney/Steinbart80 of 43 We’ve learned about the basic business activities in which an organization engages, the decisions that need to be made, and the information required to make those decisions. We’ve reviewed the data processing cycle and its role in organizing business activities and providing information to users. Finally, we’ve touched on the role of the information systems in modern organizations and introduced the notion of enterprise resource planning systems. SUMMARY
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