{"id":7628,"date":"2022-07-13T10:45:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T10:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/?page_id=7628"},"modified":"2025-07-01T11:55:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T11:55:47","slug":"accounting-for-inventory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/accounting-for-inventory","title":{"rendered":"Accounting for inventory"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":25,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"seo-flex-content.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7628","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6.1 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Inventory Accounting: Guide to Methods and Best Software Options<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A guide to accounting for inventory, from periodic and cost of sales inventory accounting to using the best software available for your business. Our guide to inventory accounting reviews methods of inventory accounting and shows you how to find the best software option for your business.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/accounting-for-inventory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Accounting for inventory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A guide to accounting for inventory, from periodic and cost of sales inventory accounting to using the best software available for your business. Our guide to inventory accounting reviews methods of inventory accounting and shows you how to find the best software option for your business.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/accounting-for-inventory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Brightpearl\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BrightpearlHQ\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-01T11:55:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/homepage-why-brightpearl1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"796\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"556\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@BrightpearlHQ\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brightpearl.com\\\/accounting-for-inventory\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brightpearl.com\\\/accounting-for-inventory\",\"name\":\"Inventory Accounting: Guide to Methods and Best Software Options\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brightpearl.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-13T10:45:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-01T11:55:47+00:00\",\"description\":\"A guide to accounting for inventory, from periodic and cost of sales inventory accounting to using the best software available for your business. Our guide to inventory accounting reviews methods of inventory accounting and shows you how to find the best software option for your business.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brightpearl.com\\\/accounting-for-inventory#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brightpearl.com\\\/accounting-for-inventory\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brightpearl.com\\\/accounting-for-inventory#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brightpearl.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Accounting for inventory\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brightpearl.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brightpearl.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Brightpearl\",\"description\":\"Retail-tailored Digital Operations Platform\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brightpearl.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brightpearl.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brightpearl.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Brightpearl\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brightpearl.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brightpearl.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brightpearl.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/cropped-favicon.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brightpearl.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/cropped-favicon.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Brightpearl\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brightpearl.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/BrightpearlHQ\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/BrightpearlHQ\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/brightpearl\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/brightpearldocs\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Inventory Accounting: Guide to Methods and Best Software Options","description":"A guide to accounting for inventory, from periodic and cost of sales inventory accounting to using the best software available for your business. Our guide to inventory accounting reviews methods of inventory accounting and shows you how to find the best software option for your business.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/accounting-for-inventory","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Accounting for inventory","og_description":"A guide to accounting for inventory, from periodic and cost of sales inventory accounting to using the best software available for your business. Our guide to inventory accounting reviews methods of inventory accounting and shows you how to find the best software option for your business.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/accounting-for-inventory","og_site_name":"Brightpearl","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BrightpearlHQ","article_modified_time":"2025-07-01T11:55:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":796,"height":556,"url":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/homepage-why-brightpearl1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@BrightpearlHQ","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/accounting-for-inventory","url":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/accounting-for-inventory","name":"Inventory Accounting: Guide to Methods and Best Software Options","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-07-13T10:45:16+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-01T11:55:47+00:00","description":"A guide to accounting for inventory, from periodic and cost of sales inventory accounting to using the best software available for your business. Our guide to inventory accounting reviews methods of inventory accounting and shows you how to find the best software option for your business.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/accounting-for-inventory#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/accounting-for-inventory"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/accounting-for-inventory#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Accounting for inventory"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/","name":"Brightpearl","description":"Retail-tailored Digital Operations Platform","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/#organization","name":"Brightpearl","url":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cropped-favicon.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cropped-favicon.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Brightpearl"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BrightpearlHQ","https:\/\/x.com\/BrightpearlHQ","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/brightpearl\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/brightpearldocs"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}