Enterprise glossary and term center
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- First In First Out
- What are the benefits of FIFO first in first out?
First In First Out - What are the benefits of FIFO first in first out?
All the advantages of FIFO occur because when a company sells goods, the first costs it removes from inventory are the oldest unit costs. A company cannot manipulate income by choosing which unit to ship because the cost of a unit sold is not determined by a serial number.