Inventory management
Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate the inventory section of two companies using basic comparative analysis, and to interpret the data to gain insight about the company’s inventory management.
Assignment Steps
Resources: Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making
Write a 1,050-word comparative analysis using the financial statements of Amazon.com, Inc. presented in Appendix D, and the financial statements for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., presented in Appendix E, including the following:
Compute these 2014 values for each company based on the information in the financial statements:
Inventory turnover (Use cost of sales and inventories)
Days of inventory
Conclusions concerning the management of the inventory can you draw from this data.
Show work on Excel® spreadsheet and submit with analysis.
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Amazon Inc. is an American-based international company. It is the world’s largest e-commerce store. It supplies various products to its clients including books, entertainment, software, electronics, foodstuff, apparel, and toys. The company also deals in the provision of cloud infrastructure services. Its major markets include the United States, Brazil, China and Spain. The company provides shipping services to remote clients. Its website supports English, Dutch, Polish and German languages………………..
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