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Excess and Obsolete Inventory: Calculating the E&O Reserve
By Sherman Hsieh | Oct 30 2026
Excess and obsolete inventory reserve explained: identify E&O stock, calculate the reserve, journal entries, SAB 5BB, Thor tax rules and ERP reports. Read More
Inventory Aging Report: How to Build and Use It, With a Template
By Sherman Hsieh | Oct 30 2026
Inventory aging report template with FIFO layer buckets, slow-mover flags and ASC 330 reserve inputs, plus where to find it in NetSuite, BC and Acumatica. Read More
Perpetual vs Periodic Inventory: How Each System Records Purchases, Sales and COGS
By Sherman Hsieh | Oct 30 2026
Perpetual vs periodic inventory compared: journal entries for purchases, sales, returns and COGS, a worked example, and what switching to perpetual takes. Read More
Inventory Costing Methods: FIFO, Average, Standard and Specific Identification in ERP
By Sherman Hsieh | Oct 30 2026
Inventory costing methods compared for US controllers: FIFO, average, standard and specific ID, IRS and GAAP rules, worked entries and ERP support. Read More
Vendor Onboarding Software: Collecting W-9s, Banking Details and Compliance Documents
By Sherman Hsieh | Oct 28 2026
Vendor onboarding software compared: W-9 collection, IRS TIN matching, bank account checks and ERP sync in Oracle, Coupa, PaymentWorks and Tipalti. Read More
Vendor Master Data Management: Keeping Supplier Records Clean in Your ERP
By Sherman Hsieh | Oct 28 2026
Vendor master data management for AP teams: duplicate checks, bank detail change controls, approval workflows, TIN matching and cleanup in your ERP. Read More
Remittance Advice: What It Must Include, a Template, and How AR Uses It to Apply Cash
By Sherman Hsieh | Oct 28 2026
Copyable remittance advice template with required fields, ACH CCD+ and CTX addenda, EDI 820 format, AR steps when remittance is missing and ERP auto-send. Read More
Payment Run: How AP Teams Select, Approve and Release Vendor Payments in an ERP
By Sherman Hsieh | Oct 28 2026
Payment run steps for AP teams: discount selection, proposal review, approvals and holds, bank files, remittance and posting in NetSuite, BC and SAP. Read More
Duplicate Payment Detection in Accounts Payable
By Sherman Hsieh | Oct 28 2026
Duplicate payment detection in AP: why ERP duplicate invoice checks miss duplicates, how to confirm each cause, recovery audits and tools that help. Read More
Invoice Approval Workflows: Routing AP Invoices for Sign-Off
By Sherman Hsieh | Oct 28 2026
Invoice approval workflow guide for AP managers: routing by amount, department and GL, delegation, audit trails, and how ERP and AP tools handle sign-off. Read More