3217 DECEMBER 9‚ 2008 WILLIAM E. BRUNS SHARON M. BRUNS SUSAN HARMELING Merrimack Tractors and Mowers‚ Inc.: LIFO or FIFO? Ricardo “Rick” Martino‚ president and chief operating officer of Merrimack Tractors and Mowers‚ Inc.‚ of Nashua‚ New Hampshire‚ felt that his job had grown much more complicated during 2007 and 2008. Merrimack was a major regional manufacturer and seller of large commercial grass mowers based on a design developed by his grandfather in the years after World War II
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Assignment Unit 5 GADI 1. Using the material presented in the chapter‚ how would you explain Walgreen’s success story in the past? Do you think Walgreen can overcome the challenges discussed in this case? If so‚ how? Explain your answer. In the past‚ Walgreen Co. succeeded part due to the density of its store (as we see on the text “downtown San Francisco has 21 stores within a one-million radius”). They established many stores with a variety of products and easy accessibility for all their clients
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Regulating Inventory – An Examination of AASB 102 “Inventories” Inventories are in essence what organisations hold with an intention to sell‚ however directly or indirectly. For most businesses‚ this is how their profits are made‚ and it is reasonable to assume that these items account for much of an organisation’s activities. Such a big influence on indicators of financial performance and position warrants an equally large need for regulation to ensure that users of the financial statements are
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THE ANSWER KEY IS AT THE END OF THIS DOCUMENT 1. Teel Distribution Co. has determined its December 31‚ 2007 inventory on a FIFO basis at $250‚000. Information pertaining to that inventory follows: Estimated selling price | $255‚000 | Estimated cost of disposal/completion | 10‚000 | Normal profit margin | 30‚000 | Current replacement cost | 225‚000 | Teel records losses that result from applying the lower-of-cost-or-market rule. At December 31‚ 2007‚ the loss that Teel should
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Bonny Garcia Garcia 1 Mrs. Sloane English 1301 24 July 2013 Walgreens vs. CVS Many consumers take time and consideration when choosing a local pharmacy to take their business to‚ since many of the pharmacies now have expanded their product selections to include many of your everyday household needs. When you are out looking for a local pharmacy and the two closest locations to you are CVS and Walgreens and they just happen to be located across the street from each other‚ what features
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Walgreen’s diversity officer has a lot to do to recover from the class-action lawsuit that was filed against the company which entails both short term and long term approaches. First and foremost‚ Walgreen’s must develop and accommodative strategy. Second‚ the officer must set common goals and establish their order and purpose for attainment. Third‚ for long term recovery‚ Walgreen’s should consider all options to make sure that people of all racial and ethnic backgrounds have the same opportunities
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Walgreens: The Corporate Financial Decision Making Analysis Walgreens’ principal activity is to operate a chain of retail drugstores that sells prescription and nonprescription drugs. The company also carries additional product lines like general merchandise including cosmetics‚ food‚ beverages and photofinishing. Walgreens is one of the fastest growing retailers in the United States and led the chain drugstore industry in retail sales and profits last year. The capital structure of this
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35%. 1. Which cost flow assumptions does Dow Chemical use to value its inventories? Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. The method of determining cost for each subsidiary varies among LIFO‚ FIFO‚ and average cost. What is the value of inventories that Dow Chemical values at LIFO basis as of December 31‚ 2012? .29 * 8476 million= 2485 million 2. Suppose that Dow Chemical had used first-in‚ first-out (FIFO) as a cost flow assumption for all of their Inventories. Would the book
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the same cost flow assumptions as their competitors or nature of the industry they are in. John Deere uses LIFE as their cost flow assumption. d) The balance sheets of the two companies would differ in the LIFO reserve John Deere must have on the balance sheet. For John Deere‚ they utilize LIFO‚ which “stores” the value of the product in inventory more than FIFO. John Deere can keep their inventory stocked with lower priced goods on the balance sheet‚ when in reality they are moving all the same
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6-2 Lewis Corporation* Lewis Corporation had traditionally used the FIFO method of inventory valuation. You are given the information shown in exhibit 1 on transactions during the year affecting Lewis’s inventory account. (The purchases are in sequence during the year. The company uses a periodic inventory method). Exhibit 1 Inventory Transactions 2000-2002--------------------------------------------------- 2000 Beginning Balance 1
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