Author: jleroux
Date: Thu Nov 12 18:36:06 2009 New Revision: 835490 URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=835490&view=rev Log: Begin to play with Eclipse/Oxygen docbook editor : some listitems replacing para with * Modified: ofbiz/trunk/applications/accounting/data/helpdata/HELP_ACCOUNTING_billing_accounts.xml Modified: ofbiz/trunk/applications/accounting/data/helpdata/HELP_ACCOUNTING_billing_accounts.xml URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/trunk/applications/accounting/data/helpdata/HELP_ACCOUNTING_billing_accounts.xml?rev=835490&r1=835489&r2=835490&view=diff ============================================================================== --- ofbiz/trunk/applications/accounting/data/helpdata/HELP_ACCOUNTING_billing_accounts.xml (original) +++ ofbiz/trunk/applications/accounting/data/helpdata/HELP_ACCOUNTING_billing_accounts.xml Thu Nov 12 18:36:06 2009 @@ -13,51 +13,69 @@ the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. --> -<section xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" - version="5.0" xmlns:xl="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" +<section xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="5.0" + xmlns:xl="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" xsi:schemaLocation="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook ../../../content/dtd/docbook.xsd" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"> <title>Accounting Billing Accounts.</title> - <para>A billing account is a way of allowing customers to consolidate - several invoices into an account that is paid off at a later - date.Customers can be allocated a credit limit and orders can be taken - up to the value of the credit limit without any payment being made. - Statements to the customer can then be generated (eg monthly) and - payment is made based on the outstanding amount.</para> - <para>NOTE: A billing account does not change the flow of the normal - Invoice and Payment processes. It simply allows for a more structured - organisation of Invoices and Payments..</para> + <para>A billing account is a way of allowing customers to consolidate several invoices into an + account that is paid off at a later date.Customers can be allocated a credit limit and + orders can be taken up to the value of the credit limit without any payment being made. + Statements to the customer can then be generated (eg monthly) and payment is made based on + the outstanding amount.</para> + <para>NOTE: A billing account does not change the flow of the normal Invoice and Payment + processes. It simply allows for a more structured organisation of Invoices and + Payments..</para> <para>Billing Accounts can be used for the following:</para> - <para>* Setting credit limits for customers</para> - <para>* Keeping track of credit available to customer for purchase on - account</para> - <para>* Keeping track of payments made in advance (NOTE TO CHECK: Could - also use Financial Account for advance payments but need to understand - the differences in functionality and process) </para> - <para>* Keeping track of a subset of payments and invoices for a - specific client, i.e. allowing them to have multiple billing accounts - (NOTE TO CHECK: This is from David - does this mean having multiple - accounts for one customer or does it mean one billing account can - track a hierarchy of invoices and payments.....)</para> - <para>* Allow multiple authorised parties to bill against the same - account which one party is responsible for paying (e.g. different - offices of the same organisation may have one single account with a - supplier to make use of order volume discounts)</para> - <para>* Managing and generating customer statements ??</para> - <para>* Customer specific order tracking</para> - <para>* Accounts Receivable / Debt Management</para> - <para>* Analysis and monitoring customer spending (creditworthiness / - discounts / product popularity ???)</para> - <para>NOTE: A payment that is applied (or matched) to a Billing Account - it should still be applied to an invoice. In the case where the - payment arrives before the invoice has been generated then once the - invoice is generated it should be applied to the payment or payments. + <para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Setting credit limits for customers</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Keeping track of credit available to customer for purchase on account</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Keeping track of payments made in advance (NOTE TO CHECK: Could also use + Financial Account for advance payments but need to understand the differences in + functionality and process) </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Keeping track of a subset of payments and invoices for a specific client, i.e. + allowing them to have multiple billing accounts (NOTE TO CHECK: This is from + David - does this mean having multiple accounts for one customer or does it mean + one billing account can track a hierarchy of invoices and payments.....)</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Allow multiple authorised parties to bill against the same account which one + party is responsible for paying (e.g. different offices of the same organisation + may have one single account with a supplier to make use of order volume + discounts)</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Managing and generating customer statements ??</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Customer specific order tracking</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Accounts Receivable / Debt Management</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Analysis and monitoring customer spending (creditworthiness / discounts / + product popularity ???)</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> </para> - <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_FindBillingAccount.xml" /> - <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_EditBillingAccount.xml" /> - <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_EditBillingAccountRoles.xml" /> - <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_EditBillingAccountTerms.xml" /> - <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_BillingAccountInvoices.xml" /> - <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_BillingAccountPayments.xml" /> - <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_BillingAccountOrders.xml" /> -</section> \ No newline at end of file + <para>NOTE: A payment that is applied (or matched) to a Billing Account it should still be + applied to an invoice. In the case where the payment arrives before the invoice has been + generated then once the invoice is generated it should be applied to the payment or + payments. </para> + <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_FindBillingAccount.xml"/> + <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_EditBillingAccount.xml"/> + <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_EditBillingAccountRoles.xml"/> + <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_EditBillingAccountTerms.xml"/> + <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_BillingAccountInvoices.xml"/> + <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_BillingAccountPayments.xml"/> + <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_BillingAccountOrders.xml"/> +</section> |
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