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A Florida-Based Flashlight Company Has Been Extremely Successful Due in Part

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A Florida-based flashlight company has been extremely successful due in part to the number of hurricanes in Florida that result in a loss of power. The firm is thinking of expanding its product offerings to include other emergency supplies such as generators and survival kits. Before going ahead with this decision, several factors had to be considered: (1) The firm has a great reputation with its flashlights and doesn't want to ruin it. (2) Its physical plant could be refitted relatively easily to make small generators, but it would be rather costly. (3) It would have to rely on another firm to manufacture and package the survival kits. (4) Although there are nine named hurricanes scheduled for the upcoming year, no one really can predict what will happen. The need to rely on another company to supply the survival kits would fall in which quadrant(s) of the SWOT analysis grid?

Definitions:

Current Cost Accounting

An accounting approach that records assets and liabilities at their current market value rather than their historical cost.

Realized Gains

Profits made from the sale of assets that exceed the purchase price, distinguishing from unrealized gains on assets still held.

LIFO Inventory

Last-In, First-Out, an inventory valuation method that assumes the last items added to inventory are the first sold, affecting the reported income and inventory value.

FIFO Inventory

FIFO Inventory, or First-In, First-Out, is an inventory valuation method where the goods first purchased or produced are the first to be sold.