Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 Financial Management

Chapter 4. Understanding Accounts Payable

The accounts payable cycles are vendor invoicing and payment. These business processes manage and control the execution of vendor expenditure processes. These processes are based on procurement, purchasing, and product reception cycles in the procurement and sourcing processes. This cycle is known as the procure to pay cycle. This chapter covers the following topics:

• Understanding accounts payable integration with other modules
• Exploring vendor master data characteristics
• Exploring accounts payable controls
• Exploring accounts payable transactions

Understanding accounts payable integration with other modules

The Accounts payable module manages and controls vendor transactions from the accounting point of view, ...