Sales Order Processing System
Data flow
Master details from management such as product list, price list, Sales tax structure,
targets for the sales men for various products
Customer makes enquiry for the items for which provide information - display
catalogs
If Customer is interested then raise competitive quotation with terms and conditions.
Negotiate with the customer and finalize the quotation - finalize the order
Company can appoint sales representatives who approach the customers and get
the orders.
Receive order from customer with item details - negotiate rate - dispatch schedule
Send order acceptance for the same - consider internal arrangements - raw material
availability - other resources.
Customer can cancel the order - if decided earlier then penalize the customer
Order amendments - increase or decrease in the quantity or change in item specifications
etc.
Send copies of sales order to stores (to arrange the raw material required)
and production department (to start production).
After production when material is ready for the dispatch then production department
sends dispatch note to the system.
Based on the dispatch note and considering the delivery schedule, delivery challan
is prepared.
Delivery challan is always kept in duplicate. The customer as material receipt
acknowledgement gives one copy back.
Proforma invoice is generated and given to the customer as intimation for the
payment.
An invoice is prepared considering the order details i.e. payment terms and
conditions and is given to the customer.
Customer pays the necessary amount against the invoice against which payment
receipt is given to the customer. In case of cheque or DD the receipt is given
after the clearance.
For delayed or pending payments, reminders are send to the customer.
Customer can return back some items in case of faulty / damaged material or
excess material.
At the time of preparation of invoice one have to consider both sales and sales
return.
Customer can make maintenance call - Within warranty period or after warranty
period - record the call - depending upon the nature assign service engineer
- engineer provides service + spares - considering all prepare bill.
Receive payment against bill - give payment receipt.
Generate various reports and submit it to the management for further processing.
Refer CLD & ERD
Reports
Salesman wise sales performance report
Product wise sales report
Customer wise enquries
Engineer wise bills - performance
Customer wise quotation negotiations - statement
Customer wise sales
Sales reports - quarterly - half yearly - yearly
Client wise pending orders
Client wise pending invoices
Aging analysis
Weekly calls - completion report
Call schedule
Daily collection report
Outputs
Quotation Order Acceptance DC Invoice
Proforma Invoice Reminder Letter Bill Receipt
List of Files
Enquiry (2)
Sales return Note(2)
maintenance Call (2)
Payment Receipt
Sales man
Product / Item Master Quotation (2)
Order acceptance (2)
Dispatch Schedule(2)
Invoice (2)
Service Engineer Sales order (2)
Delivery Challan (2)
reminder letter
Bill
Dispatch Note
Important Files
Sales order (Header)
SO Code
Total Amount
Sales return no.
Terms and conditions So Date
Cancellation Flag
Amendment flag Customer Code (FK)
Quotation Code(FK)
Dispatch schedule no.
Sales order (Details)
SO Code
Item Code
packing remark
Quantity ordered
Qty amended
Quantity dispatched Customer Code (FK)
Quotation Code(FK)
Rate
Manufacturing Industry - Working
Salesmen - marketing agents (marketing department) - Sales department promotes
products using various advertising medias.
Customer makes enquiry - in person - telephone - email - web site etc.
Quotation is raised against the enquiry made by the customer. Some times price
list or catalogs are presented to provide product details.
Follow up letters to get the order.
Quotation negotiations - may be number of quotations
Get the order - legal document - with payment, delivery dispatch, packaging
terms and conditions.
In case of tailor made jobs customer gives design or drawing details - or engineering
department provides design or drawing.
Go through all the details of sales order and send order acceptance.
Forward sales order to production department where order will be divided into
various jobs.
Each job requires some material - material can be raw material, semi finished
material or finished goods.
Production or assembly department sends 3 documents to stores department
1. BOM (Details of the items required to manufacture 1 finished product)
2. Convergen sheet
3. Material requirement note
If Material is available (in stock) then
Stores department issues the required material along with a document called
as MIN (Material issue note) to the production or assembly department.
Production department produces the finished goods and sends it back to stores
with a document called as RPN or production note. This note includes details
of finished products, semi finished goods and byproducts.
Production department also returns back excess, damaged or faulty material to
the stores along with MRN (material return note).
Else
Stores department raises a purchase indent against purchase department to purchase
the material.
Purchase department consolidates all such purchase indents - makes enquiry in
the market - accepts quotations from various suppliers - selects the supplier
and raises the purchase order.
Supplier sends the material against the purchase order along with DC (duplicate)
to stores.
Stores prepares GRN (Goods Receipt Note) and sends it to inspection department
along with goods.
Inspection department inspects the goods considering quality aspects and prepares
GRIN (Goods receipt inspection note) in triplicate. GRIN shows quantity received,
quantity accepted and quantity rejected.
One copy and the inspected material goes to stores to update the stock, second
copy to purchase and third goes to accounts for payments to the supplier.
Stores prepares MRjN (Material rejection note) in name of supplier and sends
back the faulty material to supplier .
In some cases supplier makes replacements for which again inspection is made
and stock is updated.
End if
Document sequence
Quotation
Price list
Follow up letter
Sales order
Dispatch schedule - delivery schedule
Work order (Design details by engineering department)
Order acceptance or order acknowledgement
BOM (Details of the items required to manufacture 1 finished product)
Convergen sheet
Material requirement note
MIN
Production note - material transfer note
MRN
PRN - Purchae indent
Purchase order (Page 38)
DC
GRN
GRIN
MRjN
Dispatch note
Invoice
Bill
Payment receipt
Reminder letter
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