When a business purchases items for inventory, the business may pay different prices for the inventory items. This price differential can apply to both different inventory items and the same inventory ...

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Estimating and costing inventory is an important function in manufacturing and retailing. Most manufacturing or assembly organizations use the original cost of materials to report inventory. Since ...