While most people think the service industry offers only intangibles, a certain amount of tangible goods can be counted as inventory. You may think of inventory as just finished goods sold in stores.

For most kinds of business, expenses break down into product cost -- including inventory -- and period cost. If you run a business, distinguishing between types of inventory, other product costs and ...

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