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Name: Inventory and Cost of Goods Sold
ID: m15780
Language: English (en)
Summary: Inventory represents finished and unfinished goods which have not yet been sold by a company. Cost of Goods Sold is a measure of the direct cost involved in acquiring or producing goods that are, in turn, sold. Learn about the different methods of calculating inventory and costs of goods sold in these tutorials.
Subject: Business
Keywords: accounting, average cost method, business math, cogs, college-cram, cost of goods sold, FIFO, inventory, inventory turnover ratio, inventory valuation, LIFO
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 2.0)
Authors: Rudy Lopes (rudyl@college-cram.com)
Copyright Holders: Rudy Lopes (rudyl@college-cram.com)
Maintainers: Rudy Lopes (rudyl@college-cram.com)
Version: 1.2 (history)
Created: Jan 25, 2008 10:41 am US/Central
Revised: Mar 8, 2008 2:12 pm US/Central

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Version: 1.2 Mar 8, 2008 2:12 pm US/Central by Rudy Lopes
Changes: 
added more resources
Version: 1.1 Jan 25, 2008 10:51 am US/Central by Rudy Lopes
Changes: 
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