Daily or weekly tasks

We recommend you carry out certain tasks daily or weekly.

You can adapt the following to make a list for your own business requirements and add your own items if required.

Create or update customer and supplier records.
Create new stock records.
Update stock levels.
Raise and process sales and purchase orders.

Note: If you are raising invoices or credit notes through Sales Order Processing, remember to print copies and post the transactions.
Ensure all routine transactions are completed in sales and purchase ledgers and cash book.
Ensure all Nominal Ledger transactions are completed.
Produce reports of pending transactions in sales and purchase ledgers and cash book, and view waiting postings in the nominal ledger.
Update pending transactions in sales and purchase ledgers and cash book and update waiting postings in the nominal ledger.

Note: Only do this if no one else is logged on to Sage 200.
Print all reports required from the appropriate ledger reports menu, for example, day books report in sales ledger.
Balance ledgers for all modules to ensure the integrity of the system is maintained.

Note: Only do this if no one else is logged on to Sage 200.
Update the foreign exchange rates in Accounting System Manager.
Back up your data and store this somewhere safe.