Process manufacturing ajinomoto. Ajinomoto is basically is made out from sugar cane.

Firstly, the sugar cane will be harvested from the plantation. Then the liquid from the sugar cane will be extracted using a machine. After the liquid from the sugar cane is extracted , it will then be put into a tank or a broth. During the same time the sugar cane liquid undergoes fermentation. In the fermentation process glutamate is added into the fermentation broth. After fermentation process ends then the solution will undergo crystallization. To make the crystallization process to happen they will add some chemical which will make the fermentation broth acidic. When the crystals are formed, it will be separated from the acidification slurry. After the separation the the crystals are then filled into the the bottles and packed. Then the bottle will be packed into boxex and be sent to shop to be sold and the final product is the ajinomoto. This process can seen in the diagram below .

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Valuation of inventories used by Ajinomoto. Method Used = Weighted Average Method Inventory is the goods that a particular company plans to sell to its customers.There are many inventory measurement methods that can be use by the particular company,including Last-in-first out(FIFO),First-in-last-out(LIFO) and weighted average method.For the current company which is (AJINOMOTO),the weighted average method is used by the company for manufacturing business where all the inventories is pilled up or mixed up cannot be differentiate such as chemical,oil and etc .So we have to work out an average of all our inventories that have in our possession.This method usually involves the working out of an average cost per unit after each purchases . For an example ,Mr.Kavin hardware paid $220 for 200 pounds of nails,producing and average cost of %1.10 per pound ($220/200).The ending inventory consist of 120 pound or %132.The cost of goods sold was $110 ( 100 pound x $1.10 ) .An important point is the above example appears on the income statement , while the ending inventory appears on the balance sheet under CURRENT ASSETS . This method is simple to apply,object and not subject to income manipulation as some of other inventory pricing method.