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inventory control

Alternative term for inventory management.

An itemized catalog or list of tangible goods or property, or the intangible attributes or qualities. // The value of materials and goods held by an ...

A customer order that cannot be filled when presented, and for which the customer is prepared to wait for some time. The percentage of items backordered and the ...

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inventory management

kitting

maintenance, repair, operations (MRO) items

ABC analysis

just in time (JIT) inventory

warehousing

buffer stock

fill rate

requisition

consumables

manufacturing lead time

stock control

backflushing

materials management

unit of measure

inventory cost

par

quick response

supplies

stockout

order cycle time

rotable

inventory turnover

inventory days

inventory model

restocking fee

stockout costs

cycle stock

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seasonal variation

Changes in inventory levels, profits, sales volume, etc., caused by seasonality of the business.

vendor managed inventory (VMI)

Inventory replenishment arrangement whereby the supplier either monitors the customer's inventory with own employees or receives stock information from the ...

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consignment stock

reorder level

First-in, last-out (FILO)

opening stock

expendable item

storage

finished goods

average inventory

two bin system

capital funds

inventory analysis

pilferage

Pareto principle

perpetual inventory method (PIM)

decoupling stock

inventory variance

inventory process

capacity planning

pipeline stock

inventory value

stock in trade

safety stock

inventory record

inventory adjustments

barcode reader

order lead time

service level

stock position

shipset

stocktaking

part number

purchase cycle

off the shelf item

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