ATC 10-3
a. The company’s annual report provides little detail regarding the individual costs
incurred to manufacture its products. This annual report, like those of all public
companies, is designed primarily to meet the needs of external or internal users.
d. The company reports the balances in three separate inventory accounts:
Finished goods, Work in process, and Raw materials.
ATC 10-4
Each letter prepared by the students will be unique. Accordingly, there is no single
solution. However, student letters should include some discussion of at least a few of the
following ideas: (1) global competition, (2) benchmarking, (3) value-added assessment,
(4) reengineering, and (5) just-in-time inventory systems.
b. As discussed in part a, misclassifying the start-up costs would present a more
favorable representation of the company’s financial condition (i.e., assets and net
income are overstated) than actually exists. Accordingly, investors or creditors