Techarati, Inc. is a medium-sized computer retail sales company serving both individual and business customers. Based upon a discussion with the owner at Techarati, you have prepared the following summary of the Revenue Cycle. Use this narrative to prepare a document flowchart to depict the Revenue Cycle for Techarati.

Techarati sells computers, purchased from various vendors, to both individual and business customers. Customers send a Customer Order document to Techaratis Sales Department.

When a Customer Order is received, the Sales Department checks inventory availability. If the inventory to fill the order is not available, the Sales Department prepares a Back-order document (2 copies). One copy is sent to Purchasing and the other copy is filed alphabetically with the Customer Order in the Sales Department. If the inventory for the order is available, the Sales Department prepares a Sales Order with 3 copies (4 copies in all). One copy of the Sales Order is sent to the customer. One copy is filed alphabetically in the Sales Department with the Customer Order. Two copies of the Sales Order are sent to the Warehouse.

In the Warehouse, one copy of the Customer Order serves as a picking ticket to release the stock and the other copy serves as a packing slip. A warehouse employee picks the goods and completes the order by shipping the order to the customer. A copy of the Sales Order is included with the order as a packing slip. The Warehouse then prepares a Shipping Confirmation (2 copies) which is forwarded to the Billing Department and files one copy of the Shipping Confirmation in the Warehouse by date along with the Sales Order.

When the Billing Department receives the Shipping Confirmation, inventory is updated and an Invoice is prepared (2 copies). One copy of the Invoice is sent to the customer, while the other copy of the Invoice is filed in the Billing Department by customer name with the Shipping Confirmation.