9. Finance system: orders & invoices

Companies exist to provide goods and services to their customers. The financial system will track this activity

  • Record of all customer orders
  • Raise customer invoices
  • Invoice management
    • Identify invoices due but still within the payment terms
    • Identify overdue invoices
  • Raise and track reminder letters or other communications such as email for overdue invoices.
  • Age profile of unpaid invoices
  • Handle refunds and cancelled orders
  • Memo fields in the invoicing system to record any customer notes

 

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