Understanding cash flow integration with other modules
The integrated modules of cash flow management are Accounts payable, Accounts receivable, and General ledger. The Accounts payable module manages the vendor payments process, the Accounts receivable module manages the customer collections process, and the General ledger module identifies the cash and cash-equivalent accounts. The following figure shows the integration of the cash flow modules:
The modules that are integrated in cash flow forecast management are divided into the following groups:
Vendor expenditure management has the following elements:
Accounts payable: This identifies the vendors' terms of payment, settlement periods, vendors' posting profiles, accounts used for vendor settlement, and vendor invoice transaction execution
Procurement and sourcing: This identifies the transactional execution of vendor purchase orders and receptions
Customer collections management has the following components:
Accounts receivable: This identifies...