Choose any business you want and answer the following questions,

1. What merchandise inventory does the business sell?
2. From whom does the business buy its inventory? Is the relationship with the supplier new or longstanding?
3. What are the FOB terms on inventory purchases? Who pays the freight: the buyer or the seller? Is freight a significant amount? What percentage of total inventory cost is the freight?
4. What are the credit terms on inventory purchases: 2/10, n/30, or other? Does the business pay early to get purchase discounts? If so, why? If not, why not?
5. How does the business actually pay its suppliers? Does it mail a check or pay electronically? What is the payment procedure?
6. Which type of inventory accounting system does the business use: perpetual or periodic? Is this system computerized?
7. How often does the business take a physical count of its inventory? When during the year is the count taken? Describe the companys count procedures.
8. Does the manager use the gross profit percentage to evaluate the business?
9. Ask any other questions you consider appropriate or would like to know.
10. Respond to at least two other classmates posts to obtain full points.