Flores Department Store Currently Uses the Periodic Inventory System

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Essay

Flores Department Store currently uses the periodic inventory system.
REQUIRED: Explain what the advantages would be to Flores if it uses the perpetual inventory system. Assume that Flores can use a computer system which is linked to its cash registers and that all products have bar codes that can be read by bar code readers attached to the cash registers.

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Definitions:

Flexible Budget

A budget that adjusts or flexes with changes in the volume or activity level, allowing for more accurate forecasting and planning.

Indirect Labour Cost

Expenses related to employees that cannot be directly traced to specific products or services, such as maintenance staff or supervisors.

Machine Hour

A unit of measure representing the operation of a machine for one hour, used in costing and budgeting for manufacturing.

Fixed Overhead Volume Variance

The difference between the budgeted fixed overhead costs and the fixed overhead costs actually allocated to produced goods, based on standard activity levels.