Flick Pty Ltd Expenditure Cycle: ACC200 Data Flow Diagram Assignment

This assignment focuses on the expenditure cycle of Flick Pty Ltd, a manufacturing company, as part of an ACC200 accounting systems course. The core task involves creating a Level 0 Data Flow Diagram (DFD) to document the existing expenditure process, from ordering to payment. The diagram illustrates the key processes, including purchasing, receiving raw materials, and accounts payable. The purchasing process involves storeroom staff, the supervisor, and purchasing clerks. The receiving department checks products against invoices, generates receiving reports, and forwards them to accounts payable, which then processes payments. The diagram uses circles to represent processes and rectangles for departments and staff. The assignment aims to help students understand and document business processes within the expenditure cycle, identify key decisions, and assess potential risks. The solution provided includes the DFD and references relevant literature.

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Level 0 Data flow Diagram

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Explanation:
The above diagram shows the ordering process, the purchasing process and the payment
process that is carried out in Flick. The organization is a manufacturing company that supplies
products of pest control in all the retailers in Australia. There is purchasing process carried out in
the system, receiving of raw materials process and the accounts payable process to the suppliers
associated with the project.
In the purchasing process, the storeroom staffs, the storeroom supervisor, and the
purchasing staffs are include in the receiving process. The storeroom staffs checks the inventory
and is there is a need to repurchase a particular raw material, the staff needs to get approval of
the supervisor to proceed to the purchasing clerks.
The receiving department when receives the products from the suppliers, they check the
products with the purchasing invoice forwarded by the purchasing system. After checking the
items, counting is done and receiving report is generated by the purchasing department which is
then forwarded to the account payable department. The receiving report is approved by the
supervisor and the purchasing department. When the accounts payable department gets all the
invoices, they are again cross checked and payment process is forwarded on the approval of the
supervisor of that department. The payment process is made through the bank where the
suppliers get their money for the raw materials supplied.
All the processes in the above stated diagram is shown in circle and the departments and
the staffs are shown in rectangle in the above diagram.

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