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zohair Siddiqui
by zohair Siddiqui , Warehouse Associate , Numerous Warehouses

The inventory costing methods are based on the type of business industry you are in. For example, 

 

LIFO (Last in, First Out) can be usually used in make to stock item such as heavy equipment, construction, and slow moving industries, where their is time storage to defend against demand fluctuations

FIFO (First In, First Out) can be used in consumer goods, manufacturing, and retail industry, where their is no time for storage due to product attributes 

Weighted Average: can be used in industries such brick laying, clothing and garments, sea food industries, where there's no time to assign specific cost to product due to similarity of attributes 

Specific Unit Cost: can be used in industries such as electronics, technology, and innovation, where product features differ based on characteristics

 

Therefore, each industry is different and uses different inventory method.

mohamed salah el din
by mohamed salah el din , ACCOUNTANT FIRST MANAGMENT SALES BRANCHES HEAD OFFICE , EL ZAHRANY COMMERCIAL CO... ONE OF THE COMPANIES BELONGING TO HASAN MESFER EL ZAHRANY & HIS ASSOSIAT

 

  1. Average Cost Method
  2. Last in First Out (LIFO
  3. First in First Out (FIFO
  4. Specific Unit Cost Method        i think the best one is average cost method 

Zubair Jahangir
by Zubair Jahangir , Cost Accountant , Rotana Hotels

Organizations used different method. But mostly used method is Average Cost Method for Inventory Costing.

JIJO GEORGE KOLLANNUR
by JIJO GEORGE KOLLANNUR , Interal Auditor , Sarwaa

I think the average cost method sounds like the most sensible inventory cost method. That way you can get an idea of the average value of your product, since the cost of raw materials does change over time. However, that doesn't change how much it cost to make the good at the time they were made. I think the average cost method takes those factors into account.

 

I suppose it doesn't give you a break on your taxes or make your company look extra-profitable like the other two methods. But it seems like the best way to figure out the actual cost of doing business

Asif Yaqub Khan
by Asif Yaqub Khan , Assistant Professor , Bahria College Karsaz

There4 methods which may be used for costing which are : -

 

  1. Average Cost Method
  2. Last in First Out (LIFO)
  3. First in First Out (FIFO)
  4. Specific Unit Cost Method

I think the best one is Specific Unit Cost Method

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