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This is a template that you can use to determine the cost of the goods that are sold in your company. It can be used to find the cost for a few months or more than a year. You can also use this feature to determine the revenue that you will make after the cost of the goods is paid.
Who Can Benefit from a Multi Product CoGS?
A business that has a large amount of inventory that it needs to monitor would benefit greatly from this template. As you purchase the inventory, you will enter it into the calculator and know how much it will cost before the items are sold.
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In the income statement for a business one of the key figures is the cost of goods sold (COGS). This figure tells anyone reviewing the financial statements how much it cost for the business to provide the goods and services it sells to customers. There are different formulas used to determine cost of inventory depending on the inventory method and assumptions used. The excel template can be used to calculate COGS by plugging the appropriate figures into the formulas built into the template.
Perpetual Inventory Method
This method is used to track each unit of inventory minute by minute through the business. This method is the most expensive, but also the most accurate. Using this method it is possible to track inventory shrinkage (theft or damage), whereas with the periodic inventory method shrinkage is either not tracked or is estimated based on reconciliations of purchases and sales and past experience.
Periodic Inventory Method
This method is used when an inventory count is taken periodically, usually once a year. The ending inventory is determined from the count. The ending inventory becomes the beginning inventory for the next period. Knowing the beginning inventory, purchases during the period and ending inventory, the cost of goods sold can be easily determined.
First In First Out Assumption
When using the perpetual inventory method each inventory piece is tracked and can be matched to an sales or shrinkage. When the periodic inventory method is used certain assumptions are needed to measure cost of goods sold. The first in first out assumption or FIFO assumes that the first inventory items purchase were the first ones sold. The cost of the first inventory items is matched to the inventory used up or sold.
Last In first Out Assumption
The Last in first out assumption or LIFO assumes that the last inventory items purchased were the first ones sold. The cost of the last inventory items purchased is matched to the inventory used or sold. At least in theory the last inventory purchased has a higher cost than the first inventory purchased, so the assumption used is going to make a difference in the cost of inventory and the gross profit margin.
Average Cost Assumption
The average cost assumption involves calculating the average cost of inventory per unit and assuming that each unit of inventory cost the same price (the average cost calculated).
The FIFO assumption may inflate income for the period by understating actual inventory cost, LIFO may lower income for the period by over stating inventory cost and average cost assumption should smooth out inventory cost over the period.
But since consistency in accounting methods is required by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) a business cannot switch back and forth between inventory methods and assumptions, so in the long run the method and assumption used will even out and give a fairly accurate measure of inventory. Using the excel template makes the calculations easy to do each period.
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In business it really is true that you need to keep track of just about everything that you do in order to run effectively. Thus, it is necessary that you use the excel cost of goods sold program to help figure out how much profit you are really making on certain things that you have sold to your customers.
You always want to keep tabs on how much you are making, but this program can really get you the facts and figures that you truly need. With that type of information in hand, you are going to be in much better shape going forward.
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What is the CoGS worksheet?
A CoGS worksheet is just another type of worksheet that a company can use to determine the cost of goods sold before they are placed in inventory to sell. The items that are purchased are entered in the chart at the price they were purchased for, and the amount that the items are sold for is compared to this price.
Who Can Benefit From a CoGS Worksheet?
A company that sells a large variety of items will benefit from this type of worksheet. A retail store that has numerous items of the same type but different styles and sizes will also benefit.
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The exact price that you should be charging for something is actually something that is fairly easily to calculate. You just need to run a price analysis on your Excel program based on the data that you already have on the prices that you are currently charging for various items. The amount that customers have purchased of those items at the various prices is going to be enough information for you to discover what the real price is that you should be charging. This is great because you can find out what price customers are willing to pay and start charging that exact price.
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