cycle count
noun[C]
ukusACCOUNTING,PRODUCTION,COMMERCE
theprocessofcountingasmallchosenset ofgoodsandmaterialsownedby acompanyoravailableforsalein astore, etc. on eachbusinessdayratherthan having onetimeof theyear, etc. when everything iscountedtogether:
Thearticlediscussestheprocessofmanaginginventorythroughcyclecounts.
cycle count
verb[IorT]
Why doesn’t everydistributorabandontheirannualphysicalinventoryandcyclecountinstead?
cycle counting
noun[U]
Thelogisticalproblemofmaterialmovementcan makecyclecountingmoredifficultthan acompleteinventory.