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What is the best way to account for inventory where inventory count & weight are big challenges?

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Question added by Md Shahidul Islam , Head of Finance & Accounts , Abdul Monem Limited (Coca-Cola)
Date Posted: 2014/03/30
Sami Al-Mashhoor
by Sami Al-Mashhoor , Accounting Mgr. and Administartion , SSEMCO

By Weighted Average Method

Khalid Noor
by Khalid Noor , Accounting Manager , FedEx

Where Inventory cannot be measured or weighted due to its nature (hazardous, volatile) then specific techniques are used for such type of counting. For example flow Counters or dips in case of liquids like petrol. In case of radioactive Uranium, special gadgets are used to measure its weight.

In case of materials in very large volumes like Concrete or open cement, volume is of the same is measured and then it is multiplied with its density to calculate its weight.

 

Hope this is clarifies the issue.

 

 

Muhammad Arshad Kadhar
by Muhammad Arshad Kadhar , Head of Internal Audit (Sr. Manager) , National Testing Service Pakistan

Periodic inventory system is to be used means opening balance is once counted and then all purchases are added to those opening balances in order to have available for sale then at year end again count the physical inventory and deduct that from available figure for the purposes of arriving at the figure of Cost of Sales. 

Saher Ibrahim
by Saher Ibrahim , Supply Chain Manager , United Trade organization " UTO "

try using a different way to calculate your inventory like ABC analysis which wil help you alot about this situation 

Taimur Raza Khan
by Taimur Raza Khan , Manager Business Development & Finance , Arabian printing Press W.L.L

i am agreed with mr. khalid noor..

Mohammad Shamsuzzaman Shamo
by Mohammad Shamsuzzaman Shamo , Senior Manager , BRAC

Inventory will be valued in Accounts through Weighted Average Method.

GABRIEL KANGERI NJERU
by GABRIEL KANGERI NJERU , FIRE MARSHAL , BIDCO OIL REFINERIES

A combination of flow counter analysis and weighted avarege methond is the most appropriate.Then get the arithmetrical mean of the the product of the two .With this error is minimal  less than one persent.

Rashad Moursi
by Rashad Moursi , Finance Director & Business Development, International Business Transformer Owners Repr. - Hotels , Investment and financial

IAS -2- iinventories as well as IFRS dose not permit the use of last-in, first out (LIFO) furmula to measure the cost of inventories. as well as dose not permit exchange diffirence.

- The cost of inventories shall be assigned by using the first-in, first out ( FIFO) or weighted average cost furmula, an entity shall use the same cost formula for all inventories having a similar nature and use to the entity. For inventories with a different nature ore use, different cost furmulas maybe justified.

Inventories - closing balance shall be measured at the lower of cost and net realisable value whichever is less

Jamal Doqqa, MBA, CISA, CAMS, CCO, ISO Lead Auditor
by Jamal Doqqa, MBA, CISA, CAMS, CCO, ISO Lead Auditor , Executive Manager - Compliance , The Housing Bank for Trade & Finance

inventory management system linked with hr

Majid Rehman
by Majid Rehman , Manager Reporting and Taxation , Ahmed Fine Weaving Ltd

If inventory count and weight are big challenges it is best to hire expert. Results should be corraborated through work back or work forward considering results of previous inventory counts and adjusting receipts and despatches during the period.

gajendra singh
by gajendra singh , ACCOUNTS OFFICER , NK TEMPLES PVT. LTD.

USE THE QUENTITATIVE TECHNICES TO SOLVE YOR PROBLEM

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