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STOCK ZERO [2 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2014-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Production Management
  • Inventory and Material Management
DEF

A system in which a company keeps no or very little inventory in storage, simply ordering exactly what it needs to sell and receiving it in a timely manner.

OBS

Zero inventory is the goal of just-in-time inventory management and the two terms are sometimes used to mean the same thing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion de la production
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
DEF

En production juste-à-temps, philosophie dont les principes de base sont l’élimination des pertes et la réduction, voire l’élimination des stocks de matières et de produits et les en-cours.

OBS

Les principales caractéristiques de la gestion de production à stock zéro sont le fait d’avoir le bon stock au moment où on en a besoin, de viser un niveau élevé de qualité, de réduire les délais, les files d’attente et la taille des lots.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
  • Operating Systems (Software)
DEF

Stock check which is automatically carried out after every goods movement and which should prevent the book inventory balance or physical stock from reaching zero.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
DEF

Contrôle du stock que le système effectue automatiquement après chaque mouvement de stock et qui doit empêcher le solde théorique du stock physique d’atteindre zéro.

Spanish

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