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Cvs Pharmacy Case Summary

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Inventory capacity can influence the company profits. Transformation in inventory will transform business proceeds. Since each item sold could possibly result in different prices, a costing strategy must be used. CVS Pharmacy was my merchant choice in in previous units. I would recommend that CVS use the Weighted Average Inventory Costing Method. This is my choice because even though CVS has a variety of categories, each category includes numerous items that are alike (Walther, 2012). This method is also simple to apply and accepted under GAAP and international accounting standards.
The weighted average inventory costing method involves the calculations of objects that are the same. Once the average or mean is discovered, then that number is assigned to every item for purchase. It can be used in the perpetual inventory system and the periodic inventory system. Under the periodic system, the cost of goods sold and the cost of ending inventory is calculated when the weighted average unit cost is used. The formula is as follows: “Weighted average unit cost = Total cost of units available for sale/Number of units available for sale” (Accounting for Management, n.d.).
When used with the perpetual method, the mean or average unit cost number is calculated each time something is sold. This current …show more content…

Customers may lose interest in objects. Staff may order too many items. There may be imperfections within the inventory. When these circumstances occur, CVS may not know how they will get rid of the inventory, therefor accountants may apply a method called the lower of cost procedure. If the accounting records show a higher cost and the lower of cost practice had to be applied to the problematic inventory, then the records require an adjustment. If the costs on the leftover inventory have to be lowered, then the journal entry would need to show a “credit to the inventory account and a debit to the Decline in Cost Account” (Walther,

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