Small-business owners have several ways to calculate the value of their inventory at any given time. You can use the cost to produce your inventory or one of two selling prices, depending on your ...

Multiple methods are used to measure the current value of a business inventory, depending upon the kind of financial reporting you are doing. Inventory is measured in two values: the cost of goods in ...

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Anticipating and incorporating demand, particularly for highly seasonal and weather-dependent items, is crucial to delivering an exceptional customer experience while maintaining accurate inventory ...

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Arthur Hainline, director of analytics at ...

There’s no magic formula for knowing how much inventory to carry, but there are best practices and calculations to follow. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising ...

Under FIFO, inventory would be valued at $1,600 (400 at $1.25 + 1,000 at $1.10). Cost of sales would be $1,750 ($0 + $3,350 – $1,600), and gross profit would be $1,290 ($3,040 – $1,750). Under LIFO, ...

Denver-basedAmbrook announced the launch of Ambrook Inventory, an accounting-integrated inventory feature designed to help ...

Inventory financing is a good option for product-based businesses that may not be able to qualify for other loan options. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising ...

Question of the week: Can you find catalysts by looking at the numbers? I received this question after last week's look at Juniper Networks. I shared how it was a Quality-Plus-Value play, but not a ...