Caterpillar Collects and Analyses Large Volumes of Data About How

question 104

Multiple Choice

Caterpillar collects and analyses large volumes of data about how customers use their tractors.This permits them to ________ the cost of new product development efforts and to better ________ their products.

• A) increase; differentiate
• B) reduce; differentiate
• C) position; understand
• D) identify; disperse

Calculate the ending inventory using FIFO under a perpetual inventory system.

Understand the treatment of goods in transit and consignment goods in inventory records.

Recognize the impact of overstated beginning inventory on cost of goods sold and net income.

Understand various methods of inventory valuation, their advantages, and application contexts.

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