
Concept explainers
(a)
Inventory turnover ratio: Inventory turnover ratio is used to determine the number of times inventory used or sold during the particular accounting period. The formula to calculate the inventory turnover ratio is as follows:
Inventory turnover=Cost of goods soldAverage inventory
Days’ sales in inventory: Days’ sales in inventory are used to determine number of days a particular company takes to make sales of the inventory available with them. The formula to calculate the days’ sales in inventory ratio is as follows:
Days' sales in inventory=Days in accounting periodInventory turnover
The inventory turnover and the number of days’ sales in inventory ratio for Company T and Company A.
(b)
To interpret: the above calculated ratios.

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