inventory control
Tracking warehouse quantities
Inventory control is the process of managing stock levels to ensure adequate supply without excess.
It encompasses tracking what's on hand, determining reorder points, and minimizing costs from overstocking or shortages.
The warehouse implemented better inventory control after running out of their bestselling product.
The term appears in business, retail, and manufacturing contexts.
- stockroomStorage for merchandise
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
- shelvesHorizontal storage platforms
- countingDetermining quantity sequentially
- stock takeCounting stored merchandise
barcode · scanner · SKU · lot number · reorder · just in time · surplus · dead stock · shortage · ledger · pallets · bins · tracking · shipment · backorder · audit · storage · logistics
- warehousingwarehouse, warehouses, fulfillment centers, fulfillment center, distribution centers
- controlcommand, management, supervision, guidance, steering
- logisticsshipping, delivery, warehouses, warehousing, shipment
- pharmacypharmacist, pharmacy, prescription, dispensing, prescriptions
- supplysupply, supplies, stock, provisions, stockpile
- store workersstore clerk, sales clerk, retail clerk, sales associate, shop assistant
inventory controlsales
Revenue from goods moved
purchasing · procurement · distribution · order fulfillment · disposal
inventory, control, invent, inventories, inventoried, inventorying, inventor, invention, inventive