Accountancy and business management .. . ded is the color scheme, wherebyeach copy of the invoice is manifolded onto a different-colored pieceof paper. In sorting the various copies for different departments,different colors will greatly facilitate the recognition of various sheets,and the uses or departments for which each is intended. ORDER WORK OF WHOLESALE GROCERS There are hardly two firms who handle their order work first consideration in treating order methods is to distinguishthe classes of business in which the orders are made up ready for ex-ecution by the salesman, from th
Accountancy and business management .. . ded is the color scheme, wherebyeach copy of the invoice is manifolded onto a different-colored pieceof paper. In sorting the various copies for different departments,different colors will greatly facilitate the recognition of various sheets,and the uses or departments for which each is intended. ORDER WORK OF WHOLESALE GROCERS There are hardly two firms who handle their order work first consideration in treating order methods is to distinguishthe classes of business in which the orders are made up ready for ex-ecution by the salesman, from those which are received from custom-ers and transcribed on typewriters. The first class will be discussedseparately from the second. \Miolesale grocers, druggists, and similar Imes receive the greatmajority of their orders from the salesmen in the field. After theorders are opened, the first step is to stamp on each order a numberwith an automatic numbering machine. After this is done they arecopied into an order register as follows: 270. Fig. IG. Samples of Unit Billing. Remington Typewriter Co. 271 2S BILLINTt AXO order RErORDTNG 1012 John Smith & Co., Plainficld, N. 3.^ 1013 A. B. Jones ct Bro., , R. I. 1014 U. J. Benedict, Elmira, N. Y. 1015 Grace Barnes & Co., Alliance, Ohio. After the orders are filled and charged, they are checked on theorder register. About once a week all of the unchecked numberson the order register are compared with the unfilled orders. If anorder should become lost, the fact w^ould not remain unknown longerthan one weeks time. It should always be remembered that in case an order is notcompletely filled and is back ordered, the back order shouldalways show the original order number in order to prevent confu-sion. A little practical experience will quickly show how wrong it isto use a new number for a back order. Back Orders. In the problem of systematizing any kind ofbusiness, the question of back orders and the proper method ofhandling the
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