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MEMORANDUM To: Dr. Elaine Gregory From: Mr. Kevin D. Goffney Date: March 20, 2024 Re: Analyzing Liabilities for Decision Making 1. Introduction Cardinal Health, founded in 1971, provides a comprehensive range of services and solutions to improve patient care worldwide. Averkamp (2020) defines "liability" in accounting as a company's debts. Cardinal Health is a leading healthcare services and products supplier in over 60 nations and territories from Dublin, Ohio. This memorandum explains why Cardinal Health deducted potential litigation from cost of goods sold instead of reporting it as a nonoperating item. It will also explain what the senior Cardinal Health meant by "We don't need much to get over the hump." Finally, it will explain how Cardinal Health got into SEC difficulties and why it generated $10 million and $12 million gains. 2. Potential Justification of Claim from COGS 1. Company Effectiveness Coca-Cola had global supply chain management issues like most companies in the current market, not to mention inflation and higher commodity costs. They use long-term relationships with other companies to mitigate issues they have faced; however, they cannot prevent all challenges [ CITATION Luc21 \l 1033 ]. This led to longer than desired days for inventory turnover. Between 2021 and 2022 they invested nearly $1 billion more in inventory with a $2.5 billion increase in revenue[ CITATION Qui23 \l 1033 ], which shows they have a more valuable inventory. This led to a better inventory turnover ratio, but the average days in inventory still increased. PepsiCo had an excellent inventory turnover ratio for 2021 and 2022. They stayed nearly identical despite the $1 billion investment into inventory between years [ CITATION Lag23 \l 1033 ]. The average days in inventory rose from 43 to 47, which is still insignificant compared to Coca-Cola’s nearly doubled days. PepsiCo still had similar supply chain management issues to Coca-Cola. In October 2022, PepsiCo made the decision to automate its supply chain management system using more digital systems. Their mindset was to use data analytics to predict buying trends throughout the market while preventing the overproduction of inventory or even shortages [ CITATION PYM22 \l 1033 ]. PepsiCo continues to dominate its competitor Coca-Cola, in the market. 1 | P a g e
References Laguarta, R. L., & Johnston, H. F. (2023, February 8). SEC Form 10-K. Retrieved from PepsiCo Investor Relations: https://www.pepsico.com/investors/financial-information/sec-filings Lucas, A. (2021, October 27). Coca-Cola CEO expects to see sporadic product shortages through 2022 . Retrieved from CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/27/coca-cola-ceo-expects-to-see-sporadicproduct-shortages- through-2022.html PYMNTS. (2022, October 12). Pepsi Automates Supply Chain to Head Off Shortages . Retrieved from PYMNTS: https://www.pymnts.com/supply-chain/2022/pepsi-automates-supply-chain-to-head-offshortages/ Quincey, J. R., & Murphy, J. (2023, August 26). SEC Form 10-K . Retrieved from The Coca-Cola Company: Investors: https://investors.coca-colacompany.com/filings-reports/annual-filings-10-k TeamCFI. (2023, April 26). Inventory Turnover Ratio . Retrieved from Corporate Finance Institute: https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/accounting/inventory-turnover-ratio/ Vipond, T. (2023, June 15). Days Sales in Inventory (DSI) . Retrieved from Corporate Financial Institute: https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/financial-modeling/days-sales-in-inventory/ What Is a Good Inventory Turnover Ratio? (2020, December 9). Retrieved from Sortly: https://www.sortly.com/blog/what-is-a-good-inventory-turnover-ratio/ Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org) 2 | P a g e
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