Accounting Components
Evolution of Accounting
100

This component tracks goods available for sale.

What is Inventory?

100

The earliest accounting method relied on paper records.

What is Manual Accounting?

200

This component records money customers owe the business.

What is Accounts Receivable?

200

This accounting method uses software to process transactions.

What is Automated Accounting?

300

This component records money the business owes suppliers.

What is Accounts Payable?

300

This system connects multiple business functions together.

What is Integrated AIS?

400

This component manages long-term assets such as machinery and buildings.

What are Fixed Assets?

400

Accounting evolved from manual to automated and finally to this.

What is Integrated Accounting?

500

This is considered the central record-keeping component of accounting.

What is the General Ledger?

500

AIS stands for this.

What is Accounting Information System?