Types of Business According To Activities
Types of Business According To Activities
Types of Business According To Activities
ACCORDING TO
ACTIVITIES
FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTANCY, BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT 1
Types of Business Definition Input Output Advantages Disadvantages Examples
According to
Activities
Service Firms that generally use Labor Intangible Absence of Inability to Accounting and law
their employees to provide service Inventory standardize services firms, hospitals,
services to customers No production Maintaining human schools, salon
facilities capital
Merchandising Firms that buy finished or Goods or Tangible; Visible products Managing Inventory Supermarkets,
almost finished goods from merchan Merchandise Less conversion; convenience
their suppliers and resell the dise time and effort stores, bookstores;
same to customers bought department stores
from
suppliers
Manufacturing Firms that create their own Raw Tangible Quality Control Generally need Car companies,
product material manufactured production facilities consumer
s, labor products High conversion products
and costs companies,
overhea Cost of quality electronics
d control companies, energy
Managing Inventory manufacturers
OPERATING CYCLE OF MERCHANDISING
COMPANIES