stock-outs
Inventory completely depleted
Stock-outs occur when inventory runs out—a retailer has no units of a product available for sale, or a manufacturer lacks components needed for production.
The term is common in supply chain management and retail operations: Stock-outs during the holiday season cost us thousands in lost sales.
Also written as one word: stockouts.
Deficient supply of necessities
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
- depletionReduction of supply
- deficitAmount still owed
- undersupplyInadequate provision of goods
Storing goods commercially
- procurementObtaining goods externally
- replenishmentRestoring depleted supply
- just-in-timeExactly when required
Horizontal storage platforms
- aisleCorridor between seating sections
- storefrontRetail facade facing street
- supermarketSelf-service food retailer
- groceryFood retail shop
checkout · customers · shopping · consumer · purchase · product · retailer · merchandise
shortage
Deficient supply of necessities
warehousing
Storing goods commercially
- procurementObtaining goods externally
- replenishmentRestoring depleted supply
- just-in-timeExactly when required
forecasting
Estimating future conditions
- allocationDistribution of shares
shelves
Horizontal storage platforms
- aisleCorridor between seating sections
- storefrontRetail facade facing street
- supermarketSelf-service food retailer
grocery · checkout · customers · shopping · consumer · purchase · product · retailer · merchandise · point-of-sale
cancellations
Official voidings of arrangements
stock-outsoverstocking
Accumulating excess inventory
overstock · surplus inventory · excess inventory · in stock · oversupply
stock, out, outs, stocks, stocked, stocking, stockist, restock, restocked