1. Preface

1.1 Introduction

This manual is designed to help you to quickly get familiar with the Bills and Collections module of Oracle FLEXCUBE. It provides an overview to the module and takes you through the various stages in processing a bill or collection.

You can further obtain information specific to a particular field by placing the cursor on the relevant field and striking <F1> on the keyboard.

1.2 Audience

This manual is intended for the following User/User Roles:

Role Function
Back Office Trade Finance Department Clerks BC Contract Input functions except Authorization
Back Office Trade Finance Department Officers BC Contract Authorization, maintenance of static data spe­cific to the BC module
Front end Trade Finance Product Managers BC Product definition functions excluding authorization. BC Report/Query functions
End of Day Operators End and beginning of day related processing functions. BC Report/Query functions
Bank’s Financial Control­ler/Trade Finance Depart­ment Manager Branch level processing related setup for BC module and Authorization of the same Authorization of BC product defini­tions/amendments. BC Report/Query functions
MIS Department Officers BC Query/Report functions

1.3 Documentation Accessibility

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1.4 Organization

This manual is organized into the following chapters:

Chapter Description
Chapter 1 About this Manual gives information on the intended audience. It also lists the various chapters covered in this User Manual.
Chapter 2 Bills and Collections - An Overview offers a snapshot of the features of the entire module.
Chapter 3 Maintenance details the procedure to set up static information related to the module. This includes the maintenance of Goods, Documents, Instructions, Free format text (FFT), Clause codes, and their corre­sponding description.
Chapter 4 Defining Attributes of a Bills and Collection Product describes the proce­dure to define attributes specific to Bills and Collection products.
Chapter 5 Processing Bills deals with the sequence of events involved, to process a bill.
Chapter 6 Capturing Additional Details explains about the various links provided in the Bills and Collection (BC) Contract screen and the options to provide additional details pertaining to the processing of a BC Contract.
Chapter 7 Defining Discount Accrual Fee Classes explains discount accrual pro­cessing for bills.
Chapter 8 Registration of a Collection Bill details the procedure involved in register­ing a collection bill.
Chapter 9 Automatic Processes explains the processes that automatically run peri­odic activities.
Chapter 10 Annexure - A contains details of the FFTs that are shipped along with the module.
Chapter 11 Annexure - B contains a list of suggested accounting entries and advices that can be set up for the BC module.
Chapter 12 Annexure C - Error Codes and Messages lists all the error messages that you can encounter while working with Oracle FLEXCUBE.
Chapter 13 Annexure D- SWIFT Message Fields lists the SWIFT messages sup­ported by BC module and the mapping between the fields in the mes­sages and Oracle FLEXCUBE.
Chapter 14 Reports provides a list of reports that can be generated in this module and also explains their contents.
Chapter 15 Function ID Glossary has alphabetical listing of Function/Screen ID's used in the module with page references for quick navigation.

1.5 Glossary of Icons

This User Manual may refer to all or some of the following icons.

Icons Function
  Exit
  Add row
  Delete row
  Option List

1.6 Related Documents