Meaning of "stock control" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF STOCK CONTROL

stock control  [stɒk kənˈtrəʊl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STOCK CONTROL

Stock control is a noun.

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WHAT DOES STOCK CONTROL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Stock control

Stock control is defined as "the activity of checking a shop’s stock". Many shops now use stock control systems. The term "stock control system" can be used to include various aspects of controlling the amount of stock on the shelves and in the stockroom and how reordering happens. Typical features of stock control software include: ▪ Ensuring that products are on the shelf in shops in just the right quantity. ▪ Recognizing when a customer has bought a product. ▪ Automatically signaling when more products need to be put on the shelf from the stockroom. ▪ Automatically reordering stock at the appropriate time from the main warehouse. ▪ Automatically producing management information reports that could be used both by local managers and at head office. These might detail what has sold, how quickly and at what price, for example. Reports could be used to predict when to stock up on extra products, for example, at Christmas or to make decisions about special offers, discontinuing products and so on. Sending reordering information not only to the warehouse but also directly to the factory producing the products to enable them to optimize production.

Definition of stock control in the English dictionary

The definition of stock control in the dictionary is the management of goods for sale so that a company has exactly the right amount of them at any one time.

TRANSLATION OF STOCK CONTROL

Find out the translation of stock control to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of stock control from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stock control» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 库存控制
• Translator English - Spanish: control de stocks
• English: stock control
• Translator English - Hindi: स्टॉक नियंत्रण
• Translator English - Arabic: مراقبة المخزون
• Translator English - Russian: складской учет
• Translator English - Portuguese: controle de estoque
• Translator English - Bengali: স্টক নিয়ন্ত্রণ
• Translator English - French: contrôle des stocks
• Translator English - Malay: kawalan stok
• Translator English - German: Bestandskontrolle
• Translator English - Japanese: 在庫管理
• Translator English - Korean: 재고 관리
• Translator English - Javanese: Kontrol saham
• Translator English - Vietnamese: kiểm soát chứng khoán
• Translator English - Tamil: பங்கு கட்டுப்பாடு
• Translator English - Marathi: साठा नियंत्रण
• Translator English - Turkish: stok kontrolü
• Translator English - Italian: controllo delle scorte
• Translator English - Polish: kontrola zapasów
• Translator English - Ukrainian: складський облік
• Translator English - Romanian: controlul stocurilor
• Translator English - Greek: τον έλεγχο των αποθεμάτων
• Translator English - Afrikaans: voorraad beheer
• Translator English - Swedish: lagerkontroll
• Translator English - Norwegian: lagerstyring

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STOCK CONTROL»

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Money Stock Control and Inflation Targeting in Germany: A ...

The book considers issues relevant to the European Central Bank in refining and communicating its strategy.

Claus Brand, 2001

Principles of Internal Control

RCCOUNTING SUB-SVSTEMS - STOCK CONTROL OBSOLETE STOCK DECLARATION This is used to declare an item of stock obsolete or superseded. The form explains why the item is obsolete and requires authorisation by the relevant ...

Alan Trenerry, 1999

Improving Money Stock Control: Problems, Solutions, and ...

" This book contains the papers and comments delivered at that conference.

L.H. Meyer, 2013

Information Control Problems in Manufacturing 2006: A ...

Even though this research-related weakness has been highlighted in the academic literature, little empirical work has been conducted on necessary adjustments that address the issue of interaction between forecasting and stock control.

Alexandre Dolgui, Gérard Morel, Carlos Eduardo Pereira, 2006

Best Practice in Inventory Management

This new edition has been up-dated throughout and the final chapter, The Future - Inventory and Logistics, has been re-written to reflect the developing applications of technology and changes in focus.

Tony Wild, 2007

Health and Beauty Therapy: A Practical Approach for NVQ

Unit number Gl Ensure your own actions reduce risks to health and safety Chapter 5 Facial and body electrotherapy treatments 9 Reception, stock control and health and safety 10 The business environment and related salon administration 11 ...

Dawn Mernagh-Ward, Jennifer Cartwright, 2004

Cambridge VCE Accounting Units 3 and 4

stock card a subsidiary accounting record that records each individual transaction involving the movement in and out of the business of a particular line of stock The Stock Control account shows a summary of total cash and credit purchases on ...

Anthony Simmons, Richard Hardy, 2011

Optimization In Industry: Industrial Applications

scheduling 4.1 Decisions in stock control and production scheduling The previous two chapters have studied very short-term problems; the optimal settings for chemical plants for which the adjustments in the controls are made every day or ...

T. a. J. Nicholson, 1971

Retail Product Management: Buying and Merchandising

The EPOS system therefore can be integrated with a stock control system, so that only when the number of products sold reaches a pre-set level does the system trigger a request tor product replenishment. The request for more products is ...

Rosemary Varley, 2006

Understand Your Accounts: A Guide to Small Business Finance

A stock control system controls what you have got by recording every stock movement as it happens. Under such a system you cannot put stock in or take it out without generating the necessary paperwork. The objective of a stock control  ...

A. St J. Price, 1999

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STOCK CONTROL»

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Stock control issues open a window

DOUBLE-glazed window and door manufacturer Miglas builds to order with no set menu for products, making a clear view of inventory tricky. «The Australian, Oct 14»

fine art of stock control at the NGA

Inventory planning and management was complicated by the existing legacy retail software system and a warehousing and inventory system that was used to ... «The Australian, Aug 14»