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Accurate inventory accounting is vital, especially in the globalized world of low-cost competition. Five critical inventory accounting control lapses threaten a company’s long-term survival.

Businesses may use two systems to maintain inventory records: perpetual and periodic. Now that computing systems that tie inventory and sales records together are widely available, most companies use ...

Physical inventory counting is a much unloved procedure in most merchandising and manufacturing businesses. The process ensures that the inventory on the company's financial books matches the amount ...