dimanche 28 juin 2009

Getting An Inventory Valuation From Machinery Appraisers

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By Ben Pate

To calculate the correct inventory valuation for your company you may need to hire the service of machine appraisers. Determining the values of machines was very difficult as only skilled tradesmen's could give accurate information and these differed depending on the person. Known there are individuals that are professional machine appraisers and can supply you with consistent information about the value of your machines as well as an Inventory Valuation.

Machinery appraisals can be used for various individuals but are of particular interest for business owners, attorney, accountants and lenders. A complete machine appraisal should include item details and a narrative that is particular to that piece of machinery. This narrative should detail characteristics that are of a particular value, other pertinent factors that can affect the value and the current market conditions. Many industries that use machine appraisals include biotechnology, chemical processing, construction equipment, electronics assembly, food processing and packaging, machine tools, metal fabrication, mines and quarries, pulp and paper mills, plastics, saw mills, steel mills, textiles, wood working and die casting.

Any industry that uses machineries will need the services of a machinery appraiser at some point in time and include chemical processing, electronics assembly, machine tools, mines and quarries, plastics, steel mills, wood working, die casting, biotechnology, construction equipment, food processing and packaging, metal fabrication, pulp and paper mills, plastics, sawmills and textiles.

A machinery appraisal can be particularly important for inventory valuation. Inventory valuation is a record of the value of the current inventory and is needed for business and finance records. In essence you are determining the worth of that piece of machinery in its present state. This information is needed so business expenses and revenues can be used to make future business ideas.

There are various systems to do inventory valuation and they include a first in first out approach, last in first out approach, average cost and individually identified. The first in first out and last in first out all relate to which items were first purchased and then sold this tracks expenses and purchase.

The type of time period you take inventory valuation will be different as a periodic system records merchandise inventory and periodic system records purchases. The perpetual system actual requires a little more paperwork, as you need to include the cost of the goods sold as well as recording information in the merchandise inventory.

When the inventory valuation occurs will also differ, as there are two main time periods for Inventory Valuation. It can be occurring on a perpetual basis or it can be done periodically throughout the year. These two different systems actually keep track of two different things; merchandise inventory and then purchasing records. When using the perpetual inventory system the information needed includes the merchandise inventory as well of the cost of any goods. This system can give you a much more complete overview of how much it costs to produce your product and how much you currently have in house.

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