Chapter 6, Problem 6.7BP

(a)

To determine

Inventory turnover ratio: This is a financial measure that is used to evaluate as to how many times a company sells or uses its inventory during an accounting period.

Formula:

$\text{Inventory turnover = }\frac{\text{Cost of goods sold}}{\text{Average inventory}}$

Days in inventory: Days in inventory are used to determine number of days a particular company takes to make sales of the inventory available with them.

Formula:

$\text{Days' in inventory}=\frac{\text{Days in accounting period}}{\text{Inventory turnover}}$

LIFO (Last-in-first-out) Reserve: It is a contra inventory account that shows the difference between the inventory cost under FIFO (First-in-first-out) and inventory cost under LIFO. This account is recorded when a company uses FIFO method for its inventory valuation but uses LIFO method for financial reporting.

To compute: The inventory turnover and days in inventory of Company N.

(b)

To determine

To compute: The current ratio using the data.

(c)

To determine

To compute: The current ratio after adjusting the LIFO reserve.

(d)

To determine

To comment: On the difference between the current ratio based on inventory using LIFO and the current ratio after adjusting for the LIFO reserve.