Costing and control of material,

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o strengthen material control, purchase control must be matched by equally effective stores control to avoid losses from misappropriation, damage, deterioration, evaporation and carelessness. The investment in materials constitutes a major portion of current assets, so there should be a separate Stores Department to exercise stores control. It is an amazing fact that in many industrial organisations while a most rigid control over cash exists, little or no attention is paid to materials. It is not desirable. Materials to become cash on the sale of the finished products represent an equivalent amount of cash, so it is desirable to have an efficient and well-equipped stores department to exercise an effective material control.