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71Inventory Management — The overseeing and controlling of the ordering, storage and use of components that a company will use in the production of the items it will sell as well as the overseeing and controlling of quantities of finished products for sale. A business s… …
72Inventory turnover — The ratio of annual sales to average inventory which measures the speed that inventory is produced and sold. Low turnover is an unhealthy sign, indicating excess stocks and/or poor sales. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * inventory… …
73inventory turnover — The ratio of annual sales to average inventory, which measures the speed at which inventory is produced and sold. Low turnover is an unhealthy sign, indicating excess stocks and/or poor sales. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * inventory… …
74Inventory Financing — A line of credit or short term loan made to a company so it can purchase products for sale. Those products, or inventory, serve as collateral for the loan if the business does not sell its products and cannot repay the loan. Inventory financing… …
75Inventory Reserve — An accounting entry that represents a deduction from earnings for the purpose of fairly and reasonably representing the value of inventoried assets on a balance sheet. The inventory reserve is used to make up for the fact that all inventory will… …
76inventory financing — Used in the context of factoring and general finance to refer to loans to consumer product producers that use inventory as collateral. See also: inventory loan. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * inventory financing UK US noun [U] FINANCE ►… …
77Inventory control problem — The inventory control problem is a type of problem encountered within the field of optimal control. ConceptsOne issue is infrequent large orders vs. frequent small orders. Calculating shipping costs, volume discounts, storage costs, and capital… …
78Inventory Accounting — The body of accounting that deals with valuing and accounting for changes in inventoried assets. Changes in value can occur for a number of reasons including depreciation, deterioration, obsolescence, change in customer taste, increased demand,… …
79inventory adjustment — a loss caused from prior overvaluation of goods Usually arising from a failure to write down slow moving, damaged, or unsaleable stocks and not providing for pilferage. Also as inventory correction: Company officials blame the losses on …
80inventory turns — How many times inventory is sold and replaced per year. ► “Overburdened inventories, resulting in poor inventory turns and on time performance that is far less than desirable, are serious problems for many companies.” (Production & Inventory… …
