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Attending Inventory Count

Mastering Your First Inventory Count: Comprehensive Training for Junior Staff Members

Created byFocus CPD
IntermediateUpdated Oct 30, 2019

What You'll Learn

  • check_circleUnderstand the purpose of inventory counts.
  • check_circleLearn how to plan for an inventory count.
  • check_circleKnow what to do during the physical count.
  • check_circleHandle common inventory issues on-site.
  • check_circleDocument findings clearly and accurately.
  • check_circleApply cut-off procedures and form conclusions.

About This Course

This course is designed to prepare junior staff members for their first inventory count by providing a clear, step-by-step overview of the process. Through interactive scenarios, you'll learn why inventory counts are essential to the audit process, how to properly plan for them, and what to expect during the count itself. The course emphasizes best practices for preparation and communication, ensuring you feel confident and capable on-site.

You'll also explore how to handle common issues that may arise, understand the significance of cut-off procedures, and learn how to document findings effectively. By the end of the course, you'll be able to form appropriate conclusions and contribute to audit quality in a meaningful way. This practical training is led by Jennifer McCann, CPA, CA.

Course Content

1 activity • 30 videos • duration: 46m

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Videos-Part130 videos • 46 min
  • videocamIntroduction
    Duration 1:12
  • videocamInitial Interview
    Duration 7:28
  • videocamAudit of Automation Specialties
    Duration 0:35
  • videocamPlanning for the Inventory Count
    Duration 1:06
  • videocamInterview between the Audit Junior and Warehouse Manager
    Duration 7:20
  • videocamReview: Questions
    Duration 0:45
  • videocamReview: Answers
    Duration 0:23
  • videocamExample
    Duration 5:13
  • videocamPerforming Inventory Count 1
    Duration 0:10
  • videocamPerforming Inventory Count 2
    Duration 0:41
  • videocamPerforming Inventory Count 3
    Duration 0:12
  • videocamPerforming Inventory Count 4
    Duration 0:22
  • videocamPerforming Inventory Count 5
    Duration 0:39
  • videocamPerforming Inventory Count 6
    Duration 0:04
  • videocamPerforming Inventory Count 7
    Duration 1:02
  • videocamPerforming Inventory Count 8
    Duration 0:26
  • videocamPerforming Inventory Count 9
    Duration 0:05
  • videocamPerforming Inventory Count 10
    Duration 3:32
  • videocamPerforming Inventory Count 11
    Duration 0:09
  • videocamCommunicate Count Findings
    Duration 3:41
  • videocamIssue 1: Empty Boxes
    Duration 1:05
  • videocamIssue 2: Slow Moving and Obsolete Inventory
    Duration 0:15
  • videocamIssue 3: Account Discrepancies
    Duration 0:23
  • videocamIssue 4: Work Documentation
    Duration 0:20
  • videocamIssue 5 and 6: Consignment and Letter to Warehouses
    Duration 0:38
  • videocamIssue 7: Buffalo Inventory
    Duration 0:18
  • videocamIssue 8: Shipment to Customer on Count Date
    Duration 0:19
  • videocamIssue 9: Inventory Checklist
    Duration 0:13
  • videocamMeeting
    Duration 6:44
  • videocamAdditional Resources
    Duration 0:41

Your Instructor

Focus CPD

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These individuals blend their diverse talents to create the kind of professional development experience that focuses on the right issues, accelerates knowledge transfer, turns understanding into practical actions and delivers sustained performance improvement. This team shares a common passion for creating the kind of learning environment that enables relevance, timeliness and the kind of application that leads to meaningful and lasting value.

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

Provincial regulators of CPAs in Canada do not require that independent providers of CPD be approved to offer courses. Instead, individual CPAs are responsible for assessing whether a CPD activity meets their requirements, and may take activities from any source provided those requirements are met.

Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.

What Students Are Saying

4.5 out of 5
Student's Choice
174 reviews
  • GN
    Giuseppe N.
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    I like the interactive format.

  • MZ
    Maria Luisa Z.
    starstarstarstarstar

    This course was very interesting with real inventory count issues.

  • TW
    Terryn W.
    starstarstarstarstar

    Useful tips to remember when attending counts - especially the use of professional skepticism and asking relevant questions.

  • TC
    Therese C.
    starstarstarstarstar

    Good course. Lost 1 star because the video entitled "Additional Resources" states that 3 questions out of 5 must be answered correctly in order to complete the course and obtain your credits. It was very confusing and frustrating since there was no "assessment section" with questions and the course would not show as 100% complete until you downloaded the certificate. Dumb and misleading video.

Frequently Asked Questions

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