Chapter 4 Flashcards
Merchandising Inventory
Goods that a company buys to resell
Merchandiser
one who buys and sells merchandise
Wholesaler
Buys from manufacturer and sells to retailers
Retailer
buys from manufacturer or wholesaler and sells to consumer
Merchandising Inc Stmt
sales
<cost>
Gross profit
<selling>
<general>
net income
</general></selling></cost>
Sales
revenue stream
Cost of goods sold (CGS)
expense- the cost of stuff you had to buy before you could sell it
Gross profit
what you are making on selling the goods before other expenses
Merchandise inventory
current asset, product a company owns and expects to sell, valued at a cost of goods+ shipping+getting them ready
Merch inventory turns into what when sold
CGS (expense)
Operating Cycle
purchase of merch on shelf as inventory for sale
sales on credit billed as A/R receipt of cash
What cycle do we want to shorten and why
the operating cycle to make more profit by efficieny
Calculation of CGS
Beg inventory
+purchases
+goods avail for sale
<end>
=CGS
</end>
Control Accounts
Summary of subsidiary (A/R, A/P, inventory)
subsidiary ledger
detail of each individual account
what are the two methods of keeping track of inventory
periodic and perpetual
periodic
count at the end of the period
perpetual
keep up as you sell
physical inventory
count taken of inventory at least once per year under both methods (counts for shrinkage)
shrinkage
theft, damage, obsolescence
gross method
keeps up with the details