The ABC Railroad has a set of policies and procedures which apply to the submission and handling of travel expense forms. These forms are filed after an employee completes a trip which pertains to company business and a number of steps must be accomplished before the employee is reimbursed for the expenses incurred. Stated below is a "narrative" which identifies all of the steps which are necessar in order to properly process a travel expense form.

Narrative Description

ABC Railroad has a number of terminal locations, and people throughout the system frequently have a need to travel on company business. Once an employee completes a trip, he$/$she completes a travel expense form which must be approved by both the Terminal Manager and the Division Manager prior to sending it to the Accounting Department. If either of these two people reject the expense form for any reason, it is returned to the employee for revision and resubmission.

Once it reaches the Accounting Department, it is first checked to see if the appropriate receipts are attached. If not, it is returned to the employee with a request to attach the appropriate receipts. Once the receipts are in order, it then goes to the Data Entry department where it is checked first for mathematical errors, and then to see if all of the expenses which were claimed are allowable. If any mathematical errors are found, the form is returned to the employee before the expense form is examined to see if the expenses are allowable or not.

Once Data Entry has approved the expense form, the check is printed and payment is transferred to the employee. The three principal alternatives for this transmittal are mail, employee pick$-$up$,$ and electronic transmission to the bank. Also, once the payment is transmitted to the employee, a complete report and summary of the transaction is prepared.

Construct a process map of the for the submission and handling of travel expense forms.

a$.$ You may do the assignment by hand using pencil and paper

b$.$ The flow chart must be complete for the Travel Expense Form Process.

c$.$ The flow chart should look professional and appropriate for inclusion in a report.Ui