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Inventory vs Destocking - What's the difference?

inventory | destocking |

As nouns the difference between inventory and destocking

is that inventory is the stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business while destocking is the process of reducing inventory or of stocking less.

As verbs the difference between inventory and destocking

is that inventory is to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory while destocking is present participle of destock; to reduce stock or inventory.

inventory

English

(wikipedia inventory)

Noun

(inventories)
  • (operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
    • Due to an undersized inventory at the Boston outlet, customers had to travel to Providence to find the item.
  • (operations) a detailed list of all of the items on hand
    • The inventory included several items that one wouldn't normally think to find at a cheese shop.
  • (operations) the process of producing or updating such a list
    • This month's inventory took nearly three days.
  • (lb) A space containing the available to a character for immediate use.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * invent * invented * inventive * invention * inventor * reinvent

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (operations) To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.
    • The main job of the night shift was to inventory the store, and restock when necessary.

    Synonyms

    * (take stock) index

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    destocking

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The process of reducing inventory or of stocking less.
    • The news article said that destocking was to blame for reduced sales.

    Verb

    (head)
  • ; to reduce stock or inventory.
    • Many shops are destocking high end goods due to the recession.

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