NEW MyLab Accounting with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Managerial Accounting
NEW MyLab Accounting with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Managerial Accounting
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Author: Karen W. Braun, Wendy M. Tietz
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem 1QC

(Learning Objective 1) Which of the following types of companies would have work in process inventory?

  1. a. Service
  2. b. Merchandising
  3. c. Manufacturing
  4. d. All of the above
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Answer to Problem 1QC

Manufacturing companies would have work in process inventory.

Explanation of Solution

There are basically three types of companies:

  1. a. Service Companies

They deal in intangibles, so generally do not have inventories.

  1. b. Merchandising Companies

They resell tangible products that they buy from manufacturers and suppliers. The inventory carried on by these companies is generally finished goods inventory.

  1. c. Manufacturing Companies

They use labour, plant and equipment to convert raw materials into finished products. Due to which they carry three types of inventories:

  • Raw materials inventory
  • Work in process inventory
  • Finished goods inventory

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NEW MyLab Accounting with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Managerial Accounting

Ch. 2 - Short Exercises S2-1 Identify types of companies...Ch. 2 - Identify type of company from balance sheets...Ch. 2 - Classify costs by value chain function (Learning...Ch. 2 - Classify costs as direct or indirect (Learning...Ch. 2 - Prime costs Cost objects Product costs Assigned...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.6SECh. 2 - Classify product costs and period costs (Learning...Ch. 2 - Classify a manufacturers costs (Learning Objective...Ch. 2 - Classify costs incurred by a dairy processing...Ch. 2 - Determine total manufacturing overhead (Learning...Ch. 2 - Prepare a retailers income statement (Learning...Ch. 2 - Compute Cost of Goods Sold for a merchandiser...Ch. 2 - Calculate direct materials used (Learning...Ch. 2 - Compute Cost of Goods Manufactured (Learning...Ch. 2 - Describe other cost terms (Learning Objectives 6...Ch. 2 - Classify costs as fixed or variable (Learning...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.17SECh. 2 - Classify costs along the value chain for a...Ch. 2 - Classify costs along the value chain for a...Ch. 2 - Value chain and sustainability efforts (Learning...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.21AECh. 2 - Construct an income statement using product and...Ch. 2 - Work backward to find missing amounts (Learning...Ch. 2 - Prepare a retailers income statement (Learning...Ch. 2 - Compute direct materials used and Cost of Goods...Ch. 2 - Compute Cost of Goods Manufactured and Cost of...Ch. 2 - Continues E2-26A: Prepare income statement...Ch. 2 - Determine whether information is relevant...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.29AECh. 2 - Classify costs along the value chain for a...Ch. 2 - Classify costs along the value chain for a...Ch. 2 - Value chain and sustainability efforts (Learning...Ch. 2 - Classify and calculate a manufacturers costs...Ch. 2 - Construct an income statement using product and...Ch. 2 - Work backward to find missing amounts (Learning...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.36BECh. 2 - Compute direct materials used and Cost of Goods...Ch. 2 - Compute Cost of Goods Manufactured and Cost of...Ch. 2 - Continues E2-38B: Prepare income statement...Ch. 2 - Determine whether information is relevant...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.41BECh. 2 - Classify costs along the value chain (Learning...Ch. 2 - Determine ending inventory balances (Learning...Ch. 2 - Prepare income statements (Learning Objective 5)...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.45APCh. 2 - Prob. 2.46APCh. 2 - Classify costs along the value chain (Learning...Ch. 2 - Determine ending inventory balances (Learning...Ch. 2 - Prepare income statements (Learning Objective 5)...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.50BPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.51BPCh. 2 - Calculate operating income (Learning Objective 5)...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.53ACT
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