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The total costs of a material usually consist of: Total acquisition cost+ total ordering cost + total carrying cost. WHAT CONSTITUTE CARRYING COSTS?

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Question added by VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN , Project Execution Manager & Accounts Manager , ALI INTERNATIONAL TRADING EST.
Date Posted: 2015/02/10
Lesley Lanag CMA CPA
by Lesley Lanag CMA CPA , Senior Accountant , Takaful Emarat Insurance (P.S.C)

Carrying costs usually pertains to storage costs. 

Mir Mujtaba Ali
by Mir Mujtaba Ali , Internal Audit Manager , Confidential

the cost of holding an item for one year x the number of items ordered per shipment /2

Malik Khalid Mahmood
by Malik Khalid Mahmood , Regional Finance Manager , Leosons International FZ LLC

Good answer already given by Mr Mir

AZHAR NAWAZ
by AZHAR NAWAZ , Assistant Manager Accounts , Quantum Geoservices (Pvt) Ltd

Storage building rent, Insurance, normal wastage during storage etc

 

nour ibrahim
by nour ibrahim , محاسب ومراجع قانونى , مستقل

Thank km to callBut unfortunately question needy clarify more

Salah Othman Yousef Alshambaati
by Salah Othman Yousef Alshambaati , مدير ادارة الحسابات , شركة انفال الجديدة للتجارة والمقاولات

Agreed with the answer Mir Mujtaba Ali

........................Agree with the answers

VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN
by VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN , Project Execution Manager & Accounts Manager , ALI INTERNATIONAL TRADING EST.

The cost of holding the materials in the store for uninterrupted requirements of materials is termed as "carrying costs" and include the following:-

1. the utilization  cost of storage space for the materials.

2. the utilization cost of bins and racks.

3. the expenses incurred for protecting from deterioration of materials.

4. the cost of the funds made available for building stock.

5. the materials handling charges at the store.

6. the cost of spoiled items.

7. the transportation costs of the materials stored.

8. cost of obsolescence of materials due to change in the process or the product.

9. insurance costs of the stock of materials.

10. clerical costs at the store.

 

 

 

FITAH MOHAMED
by FITAH MOHAMED , Financial Manager , FUEL AND ENERGY CO for transportion petroleum materials

I AGREE WITH MISS LESELY ANSWER  

Zidan Hanna
by Zidan Hanna , Account Manager , FAB Arabia JLT

The cost to carry inventory measures the overhead that an organization carries to support its inventory. Carrying cost is usually expressed as a percentage that represents the cents per dollar that will be spent on inventory overhead per year.

Ayman Esa Mustafa Farrag
by Ayman Esa Mustafa Farrag , مدير مالي , شركة الصفوف

Purchase cost + any other costs incurred by the goods until they reach the store

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