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  2. Days in inventory - Wikipedia

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    The average inventory is the average of inventory levels at the beginning and end of an accounting period, and COGS/day is calculated by dividing the total cost of goods sold per year by the number of days in the accounting period, generally 365 days. [3] This is equivalent to the 'average days to sell the inventory' which is calculated as: [4]

  3. Upselling - Wikipedia

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    Upselling is a sales technique where a seller invites the customer to purchase more expensive items, upgrades, or other add-ons to generate more revenue. While it usually involves marketing more profitable services or products, [1] it can be simply exposing the customer to other options that were perhaps not considered.

  4. (Q,r) model - Wikipedia

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    The (Q,r) model addresses the question of when and how much to order, aiming to minimize total inventory costs, which typically include ordering costs, holding costs, and shortage costs. It specifies that an order of size Q should be placed when the inventory level reaches a reorder point r. The (Q,r) model is widely applied in various ...

  5. Inventory turnover - Wikipedia

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    In accounting, the inventory turnover is a measure of the number of times inventory is sold or used in a time period such as a year. It is calculated to see if a business has an excessive inventory in comparison to its sales level. The equation for inventory turnover equals the cost of goods sold divided by the average inventory.

  6. Bullwhip effect - Wikipedia

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    The bullwhip effect is a supply chain phenomenon where orders to suppliers tend to have a larger variability than sales to buyers, which results in an amplified demand variability upstream. In part, this results in increasing swings in inventory in response to shifts in consumer demand as one moves further up the supply chain.

  7. FIFO and LIFO accounting - Wikipedia

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    FIFO and LIFO accounting are methods used in managing inventory and financial matters involving the amount of money a company has to have tied up within inventory of produced goods, raw materials, parts, components, or feedstocks. They are used to manage assumptions of costs related to inventory, stock repurchases (if purchased at different ...

  8. Stock-taking - Wikipedia

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    The term "periodic" may refer to annual stock count. However, "periodic" may also refer to half yearly, seasonal, quarterly, monthly, bi-monthly or daily. [3] For expensive items a shorter period of stock-taking is preferred. [citation needed] A stock-take sale is a sale with reduced prices in a shop designed to sell off stock from previous ...

  9. Inventory planning - Wikipedia

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    Inventory planning involves using forecasting techniques to estimate the inventory required to meet consumer demand. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The process uses data from customer demand patterns, market trends , supply patterns, and historical sales to generate a demand plan that predicts product needs over a specified period.