Finance and control · Finance and compliance

Operations Post to Finance as They Happen

Sales invoices, purchase bills, stock movements, site expenses and receipts post to the ledger as they are recorded, with GST, TDS, e-invoice and e-way bill in the same system.

1Operational impact

What It Costs Today

  • CFOMonth-end is a reconstruction

    Accounts re-enter operational data, and closing the month takes days of reconciliation.

  • Finance controllerSales that are not yet cash

    Uncollected invoices, unsettled advances and retention make healthy sales look stronger than the cash position.

  • ManagementNumbers that cannot explain themselves

    A statement is useful only when a change in margin can be traced to the transactions behind it.

2Milestone capability

What Milestone Does

Each capability works on the same database as the rest of Milestone, so nothing is copied between systems.

  • Receivables with ageingOverdue invoices, retention and advances, by customer.
  • Payables and advancesSupplier obligations, disputes, advances and payments in one view.
  • Cash and bankReceipts and payments against their documents.
  • General ledger and cost centresEvery operational posting lands in the ledger with its cost centre.
  • GST, TDS, e-invoice and e-way billIndian compliance in the core of the system.
  • Branch-wise viewIncome and expense by branch and cost centre.

Everything listed here is available today unless it carries a status tag.

3Process transformation

Information Flow to the Ledger

Select a step to see its document, who acts and the control applied.

Information moves onControl point

01 · Sales invoices

Document
Tax invoice and e-invoice
Who acts
Sales and finance
Control
Posted when the invoice is raised
  1. 1
    Sourcein parallelSales invoicesPosted when the invoice is raised
  2. 2
    Sourcein parallelPurchase billsPosted after order, receipt and bill agree
  3. 3
    Sourcein parallelStock movementsInventory value moves with the stock
  4. 4
    Sourcein parallelSite expensesCharged to the project
  5. 5
    Sourcein parallelReceipts and paymentsMatched to invoices and bills
  6. 6
    LedgerGeneral ledgerEvery figure traceable to its document
  7. 7
    Outputin parallelP&L and balance sheetDrill down to the document
  8. 8
    Outputin parallelReceivables and payablesOverdue items surface for action
  9. 9
    Outputin parallelCash and bankPosition from recorded transactions
  10. 10
    Outputin parallelGST, TDS, e-invoice, e-way billCompliance follows the transaction
  11. 11
    Outputin parallelBranch and cost-centre viewEach branch measured on its own performance
Read the steps as text
  1. Sales invoices (Source). Tax invoice and e-invoice; Posted when the invoice is raised.
  2. Purchase bills (Source). Purchase bill after three-way match; Posted after order, receipt and bill agree.
  3. Stock movements (Source). Receipts, issues, transfers; Inventory value moves with the stock.
  4. Site expenses (Source). Expenses and imprest; Charged to the project.
  5. Receipts and payments (Source). Bank and cash vouchers; Matched to invoices and bills.
  6. General ledger (Ledger). Ledger with cost centres; Every figure traceable to its document.
  7. P&L and balance sheet (Output). Financial statements; Drill down to the document.
  8. Receivables and payables (Output). Ageing reports; Overdue items surface for action.
  9. Cash and bank (Output). Cash and bank position; Position from recorded transactions.
  10. GST, TDS, e-invoice, e-way bill (Output). Compliance records; Compliance follows the transaction.
  11. Branch and cost-centre view (Output). Branch-wise P&L; Each branch measured on its own performance.

4Management visibility

What Management Sees

  • Receivables ageing by customerIncluding retention and disputed amounts
  • Payables due this weekWith advances and disputes
  • Cash and bank positionFrom recorded receipts and payments
  • P&L by branch and cost centreWith drill-down to the document
Milestone ERP · Receivables ageing
  1. 1Ageing buckets by customer
  2. 2Retention and disputed amounts
  3. 3Drill down to the invoice

5Business outcome

What Changes

Directions, not percentages. Your baseline is measured during the study, and improvement is measured against it.

Month-end effortLess

Before
Days of reconciliation
With Milestone
Ledger current as work happens

Overdue receivablesVisible

Before
Found in a monthly report
With Milestone
Listed daily with retention

Compliance surprisesFewer

Before
Fixed when returns are filed
With Milestone
Handled with each transaction

See It Running on Your Own Process

Bring one live process. We will walk through it with your documents and show it running end to end in Milestone.