Assume That the Accounts Payable Department of a Company Has

Essay

Assume that the accounts payable department of a company has 5 clerks; each one is paid $25,000 per year ($125,000 total clerical salaries). On average, the clerks spend:
20% of their time on processing payments30% of their time matching invoices, receiving documents, and billing statement
50% of their time correcting errors in the various documents
In addition, long distance telephone costs of $1,700 are directly traced to the activity "correcting errors."