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Cycle Stock

The portion of inventory that is consumed and replenished in the normal cycle.

Cycle stock is the working inventory that gets used up between deliveries and rebuilt with each replenishment order. It is the sawtooth part of a stock graph, rising on receipt and falling with demand.

Together with safety stock it makes up total inventory: cycle stock covers expected demand, safety stock covers the surprises. Order quantity drives cycle stock; variability drives safety stock.

Also called

  • working stock

Related terms

Safety Stock

A buffer of extra inventory held to protect against demand or supply variability.

Economic Order Quantity

EOQ

The order size that minimises the combined cost of ordering and holding stock.

Reorder Point

ROP

The stock level that triggers a new purchase or production order.

Carrying Cost

The total cost of holding inventory over time.

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