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I. INTRODUCTION
Most people buy their needs in a retail merchandising. In buying, the buyer wants a
product with a reasonable price. Therefore they choose different variety of products
available for sale in such a way to have many choices and them to entice to make a
purchase.
Entrepreneur in merchandising business is establishing working relationships with
manufacturers who will provide the goods or services that are ultimately sold by the
retailer. This type of buying involves determining what products will be carried in the
establishment, negotiating and arranging for the delivery of those goods. Business
activities done by the merchant are: interacts with the seller, puts efforts into proper
relation between selling offices, selling agents agency and seller exporter in terms of
executing an order.
Inventories to be sold consist from household items to office supplies and other
commodities. They may be classified into fast-moving and slow-moving products. Fastmoving products are: well-known brands or considered as a necessity with a high
demand in the market, high-quality, and affordable; and these are divided into two
groups: (1) seasonal demand and (2) continuous Demand. While slow-moving products,
are those products that have low-market share/demand or new brands that have low
popularity, or products that have poor consumer rating as to its purpose.
For fast-moving products, particularlyin the seasonal demand, it includes products
which are easily sold associated to or during a particular period, event or occasion.
Examples are: pasta which have high demand during/few months before December and
condensed or evaporated milk for making halo-halo during summer season. On the
other hand, continuous demand includes those products that are demanded all
throughout the year. Examples are milk, soap, condiments and other items. In short,
products with continuous demand are those commodities that are considered as daily
needs.
Another classification of product is the slow-moving products, with this type of
classification, products have low market share, low demand, may be new products, and
those with high price tag which consumers find it unreasonable to buy. Also, slowmoving products may indicate that those products have low quality or not much needed
by consumers and that they but that product rarely seldom or those products with no
definite pattern of demand. Also, a merchandising business with slow-moving products
would just set the business on the rocks since only small revenue would be generated
arising from sales.
III.
PERSONNEL
INVENTORY MANAGER:
Responsible for all inputs related to inventory (sale, purchase, and returns).
Responsible for monitoring inventory levels and making sure that the re-order
point is met before ordering
Responsible for issuing purchase order
Responsible for managing Inventory Database and Suppliers Database
GENERAL MANAGER:
May refer to the owner of the business establishment
Approves transactions that require his/her approval
Responsible for decision-making in case of serious matters
Administrator of the information system
INVENTORY INSPECTOR:
Responsible for inspecting the delivered inventory if the quality, quantity, and
good physical appearance is met
Responsible for inspecting returned items (sold) that is found to be spoiled or
damaged by the buyer.
Supports the function of inventory manager
CASH MANAGER:
Monitors cash levels (inflows and outflows)
Monitors expenditures
Manages the Accounts Receivable Database and Accounts Payable
Database
Also monitors Payroll Database and Expenses Database
PAYROLL MANAGER:
Manages the Payroll Database
CASHIER:
Responsible for the holding of cash arising from the sale of inventory
ACCOUNTANT:
Responsible for the preparation of financial statements that may be needed by
regulatory agencies
Has the authority to access all databases that are relevant in the preparation of
financial statements.
Has the authority to check source and operational documents needed in the
preparation of financial statements
To further understand the flowcharts shown on the subsequent pages, use this legend
to identify the persons responsible for the different tasks within the system.
Inventory Manager
General Manager
Inventory Inspector
Cash Manager
Payroll Manager
Cashier
Accountant
IV.
Under this system, the monitoring of inventory levels, inspection and identification of
spoiled goods and management of fixed asset is undertaken. In managing inventory,
FIFO-Perpetual method is used since it is reasonable for goods that are acquired first to
be sold or disposed first and the acquired inventory is inputted in the inventory
database. For goods that are replaced by the supplier due damage or found to have
defects is inputted to the inventory database to update the inventory count. For spoiled
goods that are found after the sale, meaning the customer had found it to be damaged,
defective, upon receipt of the establishment; it is further inspected by the inventory
inspector to ensure that it is really damaged or defective. After the inspection done by
the establishment, the returned item would be inputted to the spoiled goods database
for record-keeping purposes. Also, after it has been proven to be defective by the entity,
the customer will be given an option to refund or replace the item. If the customer would
opt to replace the item then an update to the inventory database is necessary. However,
if the customer would opt to refund the payment of the returned merchandise then the
transaction must be reflected in the sales and cash database. Then, generation of
return slip will follow and thus notifying the supplier that spoiled goods was detected
then when it is approved for replacement, upon the receipt of the replaced item, it would
be inputted to the inventory database. On the other hand, if the good is not found to be
damaged or defective, then it will be rejected thus returned to the customer. For fixed
assetsin a merchandising business, it composes of the following: building, computers,
etc. The reason why fixed assets is included in the management system is because of
the reason that this information system is related to accounting and it is known that in
accounting we account for non-current assets since it gives benefit and so in relation to
merchandising business, necessary accounting treatments to fixed assets are
entered/inputted to the non-current assets database.
V.PURCHASING SYSTEM
The purchasing section manages the entire inventory acquisition process, from
requisition, to purchase order, to product receipt, to payment. Purchasing systems are a
key component of effective inventory management in that they monitor existing stock
and help companies determine what to buy, how much to buy and when to buy it.
The process starts with checking the reorder point that is referred to the inventory
database and followed by the issuance of a purchase order that indicates the types,
quantities, and additional supplier information that is extracted from the suppliers
database. This purchase order must be approved by the firms inventory manager and
the supplier. In the event that the supplier didnt approve the order, a follow-up is
required that can be made through phone call. If it has been approved, a reciprocal
obligation of delivery of the goods and payment of the account will arise. If the goods
have been delivered, it must undergo inspection which is done by the inventory
inspector. If it passes the inspection, the inventory inspector must inform the inventory
manager regarding the result of the inspection. Then, an update must be made in the
inventory database. If it fails during the inspection point, the goods must be returned to
the supplier with the issuance of a return slip approved by the inventory inspector and
inventory manager. If the supplier has fulfilled its obligation to deliver, the purchaser
must also fulfill its obligation to pay. If the cash available in the firms account is enough
to pay the purchased goods, it can pay in cash. If not, the account is left on credit or by
issuing a post-dated check which is similar to notes payable. In either ways of payment,
a record of it must be inputted in the system thereby reflecting it in its appropriate
databases and archive the receipt of invoice. An optional task is to make an entry in the
e-journal system of the database of the entity, either to make: Merchandise Inventory
(Dr.) and Cash/Accounts Payable (Cr.).
VI.DISBURSEMENT SYSTEM
This system purports the financial outlays related to the expenses incurred. Also, this
system does not include the purchase of inventory for the fact that inventory is not
expensed outright because it is still an asset on the time of the purchase and expensed
(cost of sales) once sold. In a business, there are different sources of expensessome
come from utilities, payroll, other miscellaneous expenses, acquisition of fixed assets.
The disbursement of these expenses may be outlaid by cash or petty cash fund.
Expenses outlaid by cash are those expenses that have huge amounts. On the other
hand, expenses outlaid using petty cash fund are those expenses that have small
amounts or are immaterial. For disbursement using cash, the entry would just be:
Expense account (Dr.) and Cash (Cr.). For disbursements using petty cash fund, the
imprest system is used for control purposes. On the imprest system, expenses are
recognized at the time of replenishment thus the entry made will be: Expense account
(Dr.) and Cash (Cr.).
In the process of disbursement for expenses, the first step is to identify the amount to
be paid which can be obtained by check the billing statement issued, extracting payroll
data from the payroll database, or any unexpected disbursements. After the amount of
payment is identified, this amount must be approved by the general manager and cash
manager, so if there are suspicious figures included then the general manager should
verify and make sure that the amount reported is correct and justifiable. Then after the
amount due is verified, the general manager will notify manager to authorize him to
disburse payment in order to settle the obligation. The invoice received arising from
payment of utilities expense will be used for future use since there are situations that
require documents as proofs for proper presentation and reporting like: during
replenishment of petty cash fund and payment of income tax wherein it is better to
choose the itemized method of taxation but before it financial statements must be
prepared especially the income statement because tax is based on the operating
income of the firm. For acquisition of fixed assets, the fixed asset to be bought must be
tested to ensure that it functions properly, then after it has been proven that it is working
properly, the general manager would notify the cash manager regarding the amount to
be disbursed thus the cash manager would reflect the transaction in the cash database.
Another approach is that if he is knowledgeable of basic accounting procedures, he can
reflect the transaction in the e-journal system by: Fixed Asset Account (Dr.) and
Cash/AP (Cr.). Any official receipt received after payments had been made is stored for
auditing purposes.
VII.
SELLING SYSTEM
and a record book must be made for redemption purposes. For the second type, the
giveaways/premiums acquired/purchased are inputted also in the giveaway database. If
the promo implemented is price-related (discount) it is just treated as a reduction in the
inventory database since the inventory database shows all information related to the
products. Under this type an entry is necessary, for the purchase of premiums
(Premiums (Dr.) and Cash (Cr.)), for the distribution of premiums to customers
(Premium Expense (Dr.) and Premiums (Cr.)), and at the end of the year where
premiums are still outstanding (Premium Expense (Dr.) and Estimated Premium Liability
(Cr.). In the sale of inventory, there can be two types of payment either by cash or credit
card. For sales paid by cash the entry would just be, Cash (Dr.) and Sales (Cr.) while for
credit card sales the entries are, Accounts Receivable (Dr.) and Sales (Cr.), then if
notice has been given by the bank for payment then the entity would now make an entry
for the receipt of cash and paying the corresponding collection fee which is : Cash and
Collection Expense (Dr.) and Accounts Receivable (Cr.).
VIII.
IX.
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
Costly
Not user-friendly
X. ANALYSIS
Based on the system of the entities we have interviewed, we have found out that their
systems are mostly performed manually and as well as the processing of information
and there is weak relationship between employees and management and this is
because the management is reluctant in giving their trust to their employees since they
thought that maybe this employees are not trustworthy since there are a lot of cases
wherein businesses suffers downfall because of the malpractices committed by the
employees. Since this happens sometime, we want to design a system that would view
the performance of the employees and at the same time create a division of labor so
that efficiency is enhanced and at the same time theres control of the problems since
there is segregation of tasks that would help determine the cause of the inefficient
function of the overall system.
XI.
CONCLUSION
SUBMITTED BY:
Go, Joebert
Villamor, Rica Isabel
Bergonio, Phillip Jodil
Mercado, Loraine
Ladipe, Jessa Mae
Mendoza, Ma. Almera
Opea, Ara Graciela
Vicera, Chelsea Mae
Verecio, Myra
Dublin, Remelito
Oblimar, Danelle Jane
Natulla, Athena
Dimaangay, Jay Rose