excess inventory

collocation in English

meaningsofexcessandinventory

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excess
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈek.ses/us
/ˈek.ses/
extra:
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inventory
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.vən.tər.i/us
/ˈɪn.vən.tɔːr.i/
a detailed list of all the things in ...
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(Definition ofexcessandinventoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Without accurate and timely inventory levels, internal production plans and external purchase orders can not be scheduled effectively, leading to inventory shortages andexcessinventory.
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The business failed when the winery's distributor dropped prices to work offexcessinventory.
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They are able to take advantage of surplus at the wholesale level and also eliminateexcessinventoryat the retail level.
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The company had generated slightly more than $500,000 in revenue the previous year by liquidatingexcessinventoryonline.
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The model attempts to avoidexcessinventoryand its associated costs.
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Wildly fluctuating demand, combined with thisexcessinventory, leads to costly overtimes and factory shutdowns.
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Lower than expected sales figures combined withexcessinventory, which produced a negative supply and demand event, prompted retailers to repeatedly discount price.
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With successful analysis, costs associated with stock-outs orexcessinventorycan be reduced.
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Distributors contended that the stockpiling was necessary because pharmacies did not want to carryexcessinventoryand the contribution to drug price inflation was minimal.
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Accurate forecasting will help retailers reduceexcessinventoryand thus increase profit margin.
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Automakers were forced to continue offering heavy incentives to help clearexcessinventory.
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Excessinventoryis sub-optimal because the money spent to obtain it could have been utilized better elsewhere, i.e. to the product that just ran out.
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Excessinventoryis not seen or valued by the consumer, so it is simply cash sunk (literally) into the ground.
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Excessinventorycan be held for one of three reasons.
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The cost of lost sales due to lack of inventory was likely greater than the cost of carryingexcessinventory.
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This will minimize waste in both transportation and in the storage ofexcessinventory.
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Inventory proportionality minimizes the amount ofexcessinventorycarried in underground storage tanks.
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Produced on-demand, there is noexcessinventory, and wait times for designers are reduced to only 24 hours.
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In many organizations bottlenecks become hidden byexcessinventory, overproduction, variability in processes and variability in routing or sequencing.
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Bothexcessinventoryand shortages can indirectly lead to poor quality.
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