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Material costs Flashcards

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What types of materials are in inventory ? P41

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  • Raw materials - components
  • brought for resale
  • service/ consumable items
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Who normally buys materials within a company ? P41

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  • Purchasing/ procurement department
  • job - inventory control policies
  • lowest possible costs - quality, quantity, sustainability measures
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What would the adopted method on planning purchases and inventory control depend on ? P42

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  • Size and sophistication of business
  • IMPORTANT - how much inventory
    1. physical count
    2. computerised records (physical verification)
    3. when - reordering
    4. quantity - reordering
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What are the main methods of inventory control ? P42

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  • Perpetual inventory
  • just in time
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What is perpetual inventory ? P42

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  • Records receipts and issues of inventory - pass in/out
  • reorders made
  • Inventory records digitally kept by computers - activiated barcodes
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What is just in time method ? P42

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  • components delivered- just when needed
  • quality suppliers - manufacturing schedules
  • inventory levels = kept low
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What are formulas ? P43

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  • When to order and how much to order
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What is the fixed quantity method of ordering ? P43

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  • in set amounts
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What should the business know when ordering in fixed quantity? P43

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  • Maximum inventory level - storage space available
  • Buffer inventory - not below
  • Lead time -time it takes - new inventory delivery
  • Reorder level - point new order placed
  • Appropriate reorder quantity - maximum and minimum reorder quantity
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How do you calculate the buffer inventory ? P44

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  • Reorder level - (average usuage * average lead time)
  • meet unexepcted emergencies
  • lead time known
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How is the reorder level calculate ? P44

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  • (average usuage * average lead time) + buffer inventory
  • replacement materials delivered - falls to buffer inventory
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How is the maximum inventory level calculated ? P44

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  • Buffer inventory + maximum reorder quantity
  • highest level
  • obsolescnece
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How is the maximum reorder quantity calculated ? P44

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  • Maximum inventory level - buffer inventory
  • restores inventory - maximum level
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How is the minimum reorder quantity calculated ? p44

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Average usuage * average lead time
restore to re-order level ( further order placed )

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What is critical to the efficiency of inventory holding? P45

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  • the reorder quantity
  • too large = too much inventory = expense
  • too small = costs of reordering < costs of saving for lower inventory = run out
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What is the economic order quantity ? P19

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  • optimum (most economical) amount
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What is the formula for EOQ ? P46

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2 * CO * D / CH

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What do the different symbols in most economic calculation stand for ? P46

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  • CO - Ordering costs
  • D - Annual usuage
  • CH - inventory holding costs
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How would businsses keep records of their inventories ? P47

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  • Computerised
  • manual - individual inventory records
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When are separate records of inventory kept ? P47

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  • For each type of inventory
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What are the different systems of inventory for - materials resold by retailer , production use manufactureer ? P47

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non different - Same system

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Why must inventory be valued at the end of the financial year? P48

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  • material inventory - ties up alot of money
  • valuation essetial - use in calculation of profit in financial statements
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How is inventory counted and what then happens ? P48

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  • stock taking - physical checked
  • compared with inventory records
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How is the inventory held calculated ? P48

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Number of items held * cost per item = inventory value at cost

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According to auditors , what can inventory be valued as ? P48
* At costs * At net realisable value
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What is the definition of a valuation of inventory by costs ? P48
* Cost to buy * cost to bring to present location, condition
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What is the net realisable value of holdingh inventory ? P48
* Actual / estimated selling price (less extra costs: selling nd distribution)
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What is inventory valuation based on ? P48
* 1. Lower of costs and net realisable value * 1. International Accounting Standard (IAS)
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How do you record in fifo ? P51
* balance column - new list quantities and costs - after each issue / receipt * inventory issued - top of list downwards
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How do you record in avco ? P52
* weighted average cost per unit - quantity issued * weighted average costs per unit - balance * Lists of different costs - not rewritten * often rounding issues
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How is the weighted average costs calculated P52
Value / quantity of inventory
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What is a way of obtaining the cost of sale figure in a statement of p/l ? P53
* adding up values - issues column in inventory record *
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Whhat effect does inventory valuation have on profit ? P53
* over life of business = total profit same in total
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Why must accounting staff resist pressure to use different inventory valuation to manipulate profits? P53
* Ethical considerations in accounting * objectivity
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What must the inventory valuation rule be applied to ? P57
* Separate items of inventory * group of similar items * NOT - total costs to total net realisable value
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The principle of the lower of costs and net realisable value applies to a manufacturer for what ? P57
* Three types of inventory * Raw materials * Part- finished goods/ work in progress * finished goods
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How is the method of inventory valuation selected when dealig with raw materials ? P57
* Comparison of costs (FIFO / AVCO) to net realisable value
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How is the inventory valuation method selected when dealing with partt finished.finished goods ? P57
* Costs valuation includes: * expenditure on (direct material + labour + expenses+ production overheads ) * production costs * compared net realisable value - fuerther costs
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What must you remember when bookkeeping what does this represent ? P60
* double bookkeeping * debit - gain in value - asset / expense * credit - gain in value - liability/ income
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What is the double entry for materials purchased on credit ? P60
* Debit inventory ( asset gained) * credit trade payables ( liability incurred)
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What is the double entry for materials purchased on cash ? P60
* Debit inventory ( asset gained) * Credit bank ( bank balance reduced)
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Double entry for Issuing materials to production P60
* Debit production (assets gained) * credit inventory ( value of materials to production)
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Return of materials from production to inventory ? P60
* Debit inventory (asset gained) * credit production (value from production)
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What are the four main accounts involved in bookkeeping for materials ? P60
* Inventoy account * Production account * trade payable account * bank account
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What is the double entry for the issue of indirect materials ? P60
* Debit production overheads * credit inventory
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