Retail Cash Management and Reconciliation
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Start of the Workflow/Process.
1. Retrieve Daily Sales Records
Fetch all sales entries from the Sales Data Model for the current business date.
2. Retrieve Register Cash Counts
Fetch the physical cash count entries submitted by cashiers at the end of the shift.
3. Sum Total Expected Cash
Calculate the total expected cash by summing the 'Expected Amount' from all sales entries.
4. Sum Total Physical Cash
Calculate the total actual cash reported by summing 'Physical Amount' from cash count entries.
5. Calculate Cash Variance
Subtract the Total Physical Cash from the Total Expected Cash to find the discrepancy (over/under).
6. Assign Reconciliation Review
Create a task for the Store Manager to verify the cash counts against the system totals.
7. Investigate Discrepancy
Create a high-priority task for the Supervisor if the calculated variance exceeds the allowed threshold.
8. Create Daily Reconciliation Report Entry
Create a new entry in the Reconciliation Log containing the final totals and variance.
9. Update Register Status
Update the status of the Cash Register entry to 'Reconciled' or 'Audit Required'.
10. Notify Finance Department
Send an email to the Finance Team with the summary of the daily reconciliation and any significant variances.
11. Alert Manager of Large Variance
Send an urgent SMS to the Area Manager if a cash shortage exceeds a predefined critical limit.
12. Generate Weekly Cash Discrepancy Report
Generate a weekly summary report aggregating all daily variances for trend analysis.
13. Remove Duplicate Cash Count
Delete an erroneous or duplicate cash count entry if an error was identified during the review task.
End
End of the Workflow/Process.
Start of the Workflow/Process.
Fetch all sales entries from the Sales Data Model for the current business date.
Fetch the physical cash count entries submitted by cashiers at the end of the shift.
Calculate the total expected cash by summing the 'Expected Amount' from all sales entries.
Calculate the total actual cash reported by summing 'Physical Amount' from cash count entries.
Subtract the Total Physical Cash from the Total Expected Cash to find the discrepancy (over/under).
Create a task for the Store Manager to verify the cash counts against the system totals.
Create a high-priority task for the Supervisor if the calculated variance exceeds the allowed threshold.
Create a new entry in the Reconciliation Log containing the final totals and variance.
Update the status of the Cash Register entry to 'Reconciled' or 'Audit Required'.
Send an email to the Finance Team with the summary of the daily reconciliation and any significant variances.
Send an urgent SMS to the Area Manager if a cash shortage exceeds a predefined critical limit.
Generate a weekly summary report aggregating all daily variances for trend analysis.
Delete an erroneous or duplicate cash count entry if an error was identified during the review task.
End of the Workflow/Process.
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