Accounting Information Systems 7th Edition by Cynthia Heagy,Constance Lehmann

Exercise 16

The purchasing process at Beltaine Company includes purchasing goods, receiving die goods, and paying for the goods. Purchase requisitions are submitted by various user departments, indicating the items needed, the quantities needed, and the required delivery schedule. The purchasing department enters the purchase data (including prices taken from the vendor price lists), prints purchase orders, and mails the purchase orders to the respective vendors. Upon receipt of the goods, the receiving department enters data about quantities of items received and their condition upon arrival and prints a receiving report. After receiving the vendor's invoice, the accounts payable department prepares a check payable to the vendor.
Required:
Construct a data dictionary with approximately 15 of the required data elements for the purchasing process. Provide an appropriate name, description, length, and data type for each data element.