(a) The Revenue CycleThe revenue cycle is a process that the company will use to measure or describe the financial progression of the trade receivables company. This process begins when the company first obtains the product(s) and then tracks the account until the company is paid or if the company is paid in full. In every business they have to keep track of who the customer is, customer invoices, customer payments and any other information relevant to the customer and their account with the company. With Peachtree accounting software it will help the business keep track of all these above information, along with the business will be able to run reports for activity information. The accounting software will also report on key revenue cycle information such as sales, accounts receivable, and cash accounts. Peachtree helps a business create and retain customers by having the business create a list of customers in this list where the software requests everything from Customer ID, customer/company name, general information that includes billing address , account number, phone numbers, and so on. It also allows the company to insert a direct contact for the customer or company. Once the company has the company's general information and contact information, it can also see when the last invoice date was, what the invoice amount is, the last payment date, and the amount of payment; this call is located in the history tab of customer information. In the last tab (payment and credit) under the customer information the cardholder information, address, card number and relevant information will be stored. It also contains the terms of the account balance such as credit limit, any disk...... half of the card...... cle such as sales, credits and cash. These are just the general reports and in each of these areas you can run a variety of reports. For example, in Accounts Receivable you can run all customer information reports along with the invoice register, picklist report, and quote register. In the sales category the company will be able to run reports such as backorder report, sales journal, sales order journal, sales order log, sales order report, and sales rep report. Finally, in the cash categories the company can run reports such as cash receipt journal, cash register, budget, and account variance. I just explained what Peachtree can do to keep customer information organized and how it can help you manage reports to better understand your company's revenue cycle. Let's see what Peachtree can do to help a business track theirs