inventory
51inventory count — UK US noun [C] (also stock count) COMMERCE, ACCOUNTING ► the counting of how many goods a shop or business has available for sale: do/conduct an inventory count »We employed an accounting firm to do an inventory count for us …
52inventory management — UK US noun [U] COMMERCE, PRODUCTION ► INVENTORY CONTROL(Cf. ↑inventory control) …
53inventory manager — UK US noun [C] COMMERCE, PRODUCTION ► INVENTORY CONTROLLER(Cf. ↑inventory controller) …
54inventory management — inventory control or inventory management, the maintenance of inventories at a desired level; control of the level of normal or basic stock: »His company s campaign to improve inventory control has enabled it to handle growing sales…without… …
55Inventory control — can refer to several concepts:*In economics, the inventory control problem, which aims to reduce overhead without hurting sales. *In the field of loss prevention, systems designed to introduce technical barriers to shoplifting …
56inventory cost — UK US noun [S] COMMERCE, ACCOUNTING ► the cost of keeping goods somewhere, including the costs of storing them, insurance, taxes, etc.: »The company has been able to reduce the inventory cost at its own factories and at the dealers showrooms by… …
57inventory obsolescence — UK US noun [U] ACCOUNTING, COMMERCE ► the situation in which a company s supply of goods or materials is too old to be sold or used: »One of the risks associated with long manufacturing cycles is inventory obsolescence …
58inventory on hand — UK US noun [U] ACCOUNTING, COMMERCE ► the supply of goods or materials that a company has available for sale or use at a particular time: »The company keeps two months inventory on hand …
59inventory report — UK US noun [C] COMMERCE ► a report of the supply of something, especially a commodity such as oil or gas, that is available at a particular time: »The weekly inventory report showed a fall in the amount of gas in storage …
60inventory shrinkage — UK US noun [U] ACCOUNTING, COMMERCE ► the loss of part of a company s supply of goods or materials because of damage, stealing, etc.: »The company blamed its loss on inventory shrinkage from damage, theft and misplacement …
