In: Accounting
identifying differences between service, merchandising, and manufacturing using the data above calculate operating income
| Differences between service, merchandising, and manufacturing companies | ||||
| Manufacturing companies use raw materials, process them using direct labor to convert into finished goods. | ||||
| Such companies have to maintain the records of inventory of raw material, work-in-progress & finished goods. | ||||
| Merchandise companies do not manufacture product themselves, rather they purchase it from suppliers such as | ||||
| retailers, stockist in order to resell them in the market. They do not change the form of a product siginificantly. | ||||
| They maintain the record of finished goods inventory that they are dealing in. | ||||
| As the name suggests, Services companies do not sell products, they provide for services. Such services may include | ||||
| intangible products, accounting & legal services, technical knowledge etc. | ||||
| They possess no inventory like other two companies mentioned above. |