Using Lucid Chart/ Flow Chart

SavvyDude is a mens clothing wholesaler in Northeast Ohio. SavvyDude sells mens clothing and accessories to retail stores around Northeast Ohio. Based upon a discussion with the owner at SavvyDude, you have prepared the following summary of the Revenue Cycle. Use this narrative to prepare a systems flowchart to depict the Revenue Cycle for SavvyDude.

When a Customer Order is received from one of SavvyDudes many retailers, the Sales Department enters the information from the Customer Order to determine inventory availability for the items on the order by viewing the Inventory Database. If the inventory items needed to fill the order are not available, a Back-Order document (2 copies) is generated. One copy of the Back-Order 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, a Sales Order is generated (3 copies). One copy of the Sales Order is sent to the customer. One copy is filed alphabetically in the Sales Department with the Customer Order and one copy of the Sales Order is sent to the Warehouse.

In the Warehouse, the Sales Order serves as a picking ticket to release the stock. A warehouse employee picks and packs the goods to complete the order which is then forwarded on to the Shipping Department with the Sales Order.

In the Shipping Department, the items are compared to the Sales Order to check for accuracy and if the items match, the information from the Sales Order is entered into the system and a Packing Slip is generated (2 copies). One copy of the Packing Slip is included with the order and shipped to the Customer. If the items do not match they are sent back to the Warehouse with the Sales Order. After the order is shipped to the customer the Shipping Department generates a Shipping Confirmation (2 copies). One copy of the Shipping Confirmation is forwarded to the Billing Department and the other copy is filed by date along with the Sales Order and a copy of the Packing Slip in the Shipping Department.

When the Billing Department receives the Shipping Confirmation, the information from the Shipping confirmation is entered into the system to update the Inventory and Accounts Receivable database files and an Invoice is generated (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. Additionally, a Daily Sales Report is generated and forwarded to the Controller. Finally, an Accounts Receivable Aging Report is generated and forwarded to the Credit Manager.