Management Accounting System, Internal Control of Credit Sales and Accounts Receivable Collections in Bakery Industry

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the management accounting system, internal control of credit sales and accounts receivable collections in bakery industry. The novelty of this paper is to find out the results of bakery industy by considering a specific topic of financial issues. Every company has a role in the provision of credit problems but one of the most efficient ways for increasing sales is the provision of credit. However, basically credit sales have considerable customer risks who are not supposed to pay on accounts or customer who are not willing to pay for some reasons. To minimize these risks regarding the provision of credit, the company manager must be careful in selecting prospective customer before approving credit sales. This bakery industry is a company engaged in production and sales of bread and pastries. Based on research conducted by the author, the author asked the question whether the procedure of credit sales of accounts receivable collection has implemented internal control or not. The research method used is a library at the research field. Based on the result of this study, it concluded that the company sales of the applicable credit are in considerable amount, but the accounts receivable collection still has a few weaknesses which allow overdue customers to proceed the purchase orders. It is preferably to customers who have an overdue to be given limitation in ordering goods.