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Lecture 1 and 2A Accounting Information Systems An Overview
Lecture 1 and 2A Accounting Information Systems An Overview
Overview
Lecture 01
1-1
AC 203 Computerized Accounting Applications
Learning Objectives
Distinguish between data and information.
Benefits Costs
Reduce Uncertainty Time & Resources
Improve Decisions
Produce Information
Improve Planning Distribute Information
Improve Scheduling
Benefit
Benefit Tsh’s
Tsh’s >> Cost
Cost Tsh’s
Tsh’s
ERP Video
Revenue
Expenditure
Production
Human Resources
Financing
Give–Get exchanges
Accounting = AIS
Data
Software
Improve Efficiency
Reduce uncertainty.
Firm
Infrastructure Technology
Human Purchasing
Resources
IT developments
Business strategy AI
Organizational culture
Organizational
S
Will effect and be effected by new Culture
Business Strategy
AIS
General
Infrequent or specialized transactions
Specialized
Repetitive transactions
E.g., sales transactions
Chart of accounts
Type of block coding
Transaction
Contains records of a
business from a specific
period of time Transaction
File
Master
Permanent records Updated
Updated by transaction Master
with the transaction file File
Master before
Database Update
Preparation of the
Trial Balance
Preparation of
Financial Statements
ERP modules:
Financial
Human resources and payroll
Order to cash
Purchase to pay
Manufacturing
Project management
Customer relationship management
System tools
Cost
Time-consuming to implement
Complex
Resistance to change