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Scenario for Managing Inventory and Orders

Delivery sales representatives perform the process in this example scenario for managing inventory and orders. Your company might follow a different process according to its business requirements.

Ace Corporation East just bought a new van to use in the delivery of inventory to different outlets. A delivery sales representative at Ace Corporation East drives of the van. He decides to associate the new delivery van with Ace Corporation East's physical location. Before he goes on his first delivery in the van, he registers some information about the van, for example, the van's millage. Also, he makes sure that the van's inventory on the laptop matches the physical inventory in the van. He is now ready to make the deliveries.

The delivery sale representative drives to the first retail outlet and makes the initial delivery. Also, at this point, he checks for outstanding invoices, collects payments, and records payments. He also talks with the stores manager at the outlet about any orders that the stores manager wants to place, and records these orders. He is now ready to make his next delivery.

Over the course of the day, the delivery sales representative might collect payments and decide to deposit these payments at a designated bank. He must record these deposits.