inventory control

Inventory Control or Stock control can be broadly defined as "the activity of checking a shop’s stock". More specifically inventory control may refer to:

• In operations management, logistics and supply chain management, the technological system and the programmed software necessary for managing inventory
• In economics and operations management, the inventory control problem, which aims to reduce overhead cost without hurting sales. It answers the 3 basic questions of any supply chain: When? Where? How much?
• In the field of loss prevention, systems designed to introduce technical barriers to shoplifting