|
The KOMAND Financial Management System (FMS) provides a
wide range of financial reports and applications relating to
resource accounting and chargeback. It is the central
repository of charging data from all the KOMAND charging
system products. FMS accumulates enterprise utilization and
charges for each customer account by billing period into one
VSAM Master file. FMS then uses the Master file to create
invoices, budget vs. actual, year-to-date, and other financial
reports. These reports can be produced in a detailed technical
or a manage-ment summary format. Following are some features
within FMS:
Debit and Credit
capabilities
Debits and/or credits may be applied as
one-time transactions directly to an account via the KOMAND
menu system or brought in monthly as recurring charges from
a batch file or KIM.
Discounts and
Surcharging
Up to two
separate percentage discounts may be given when a customer
reaches specific levels of total charges. Customers may also
be surcharged or credited based on individual resource
utilization or charge threshold
levels.
Proration of
Charges
Charges
and utilization from one account, job, or resource category
may be spread across other accounts at user specified
percentages. Credits as well as debits may be
prorated.
Zero Balancing
This
feature will compare the actual revenue generated to a
specified target amount and generate a new debit or credit
to each account based on their percentage of the total
revenue in order to reach the target amount. This feature
can be used to achieve a zero balance recovery, a specific
profit margin, or to apply a tax or
surcharge.
Online Budget
Management (OBM)
The OBM
option makes it possible to track and control budget
infractions. Budgets may be entered by account and if the
budget is exceeded, OBM allows the infraction to be ignored,
produce a warning message to the customer, or deny the
customer access to the host system.
|
