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1Inventory — means a list compiled for some formal purpose, such as the details of an estate going to probate, or the contents of a house let furnished. This remains the prime meaning in British English.[1] In the USA and Canada the term has developed from a… …
2Inventory turnover ratio — is one of the Accounting Liquidity ratios, a financial ratio. This ratio measures the number of times, on average, the inventory is sold during the period. Its purpose is to measure the liquidity of the inventory. A popular variant of the… …
3Inventory turns — In business management, inventory turns often referred to as stockturn,stock turns, turns, and stock turnover. This measures the number of times invested in goods to be sold or used over in a year. mbox{Inventory Turns} = frac{Cost of Goods Sold… …
4Inventory (museum) — An inventory is an itemized list of objects that the museum has accessioned or received via loan(s) and must be physically located by an examiner. A complete, one hundred percent inventory, or a random inventory of the collection must be carried… …
5inventory — stock; stock in trade 1) The products or supplies of an organization on hand or in transit at any time. For a manufacturing company the types of inventory are raw materials, work in progress, and finished goods. An inventory count usually takes… …
6inventory — inventoriable, adj. inventorial, adj. inventorially, adv. /in veuhn tawr ee, tohr ee/, n., pl. inventories, v., inventoried, inventorying. n. 1. a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods… …
7Inventory 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… …
8inventory turnover — stock turnover A ratio that measures the number of times items of stock are used annually. To obtain an accurate measure of stock turnover the following formula is used for each commodity: number of units used per annum/number of units in stock.… …
9Inventory 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,… …
10inventory — in•ven•to•ry [[t]ˈɪn vənˌtɔr i, ˌtoʊr i[/t]] n. pl. to•ries, 1) a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, etc., made each year by a business 2) the items represented on such a list, as a merchant s stock …
