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. |