[673] in ad-lib
Adavnce cash registers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (perkins@MIT.EDU)
Wed May 24 11:36:07 1995
From: perkins@MIT.EDU
To: advancecirc-lib@MIT.EDU
Cc: gyoung@MIT.EDU, donnaon@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 11:35:54 EDT
Just talked to Donna O'Neill. She agrees that we should replicate our
current procedure as much as possible when we use the "cash register"
in Advance. For testing purposes now, the procedure outlined below
should be our approach. The assumption I'm making right now is that
we WILL be able to get reports, at closing, detailing the fines taken
in and waived that day (or since the cash register was last opened).
A report of fines taken in will certainly be needed at close-out time.
Once we've seen these reports, we can try to nail down our actual
real-life procedures.
Here's an outline of what, I think, we'll be doing. I'll be sending
out some test forms. When testing, please assume the following procedure:
-You open the local cash register when the library opens in the
morning. Open with an amount equal to your usual "base" amount.
-When Advance is "live", we will:
before closing the cash register at library
closing time, leave your base amount in the cash box, and the rest
goes into an envelope. Then you close the cash register, with the
closing amount being the base amount (i.e., same as opening amount).
Using a report that you just printed (from that screen which appears
after closing the register, offering you some reports), you determine
if the amount in the envelope (your "deposit" envelope) is equal to
the amount taken in during the day. If it isn't, the overage or
shortfall is noted. The envelope, containing the day's revenues and
the report of the day's fines, gets sealed up and goes into your safe.
Comments? Problems? (Donna and Grant, feel free to correct me on
anything!) -AP
