Monday, 8 August 2016

THE INVENTORY CONCEPT



The Inventory Concept:

The dictionary meaning of the word inventory is “Stock of goods”. The term ‘Inventory’ refers to the commodities supplied to an undertaking for the purpose of consumption in the process of manufacture or for transformation into products.
To the finance executive, ‘Inventory’ can be taken as the value of raw materials, consumables, spares, work in progress and finished goods in which the company’s working capital funds have been invested.


Inventories constitute the most significant part of current assets of a larger majority of companies in India. On an average inventories are approximately 60% of current assets in public ltd companies in India. Because of the large size of inventories maintained by firms, a considerable amount funds is required to the committed to them. It is, therefore absolutely imperative to manage inventories efficiently and effectively in order to avoid unnecessary investment.


A firm neglecting the management of inventories will be jeopardizing its long run profitability and may fail ultimately. It is possible for a company to reduce its levels of inventories to a considerable degree, e.g.: 10 to 20 %, without any adverse effect on production and sales, by using simple inventory planning and control techniques.

The reduction in ‘excessive’ inventories carries a favorable impact on a company’s profitability

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