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Dead Stocknoun

Inventory that is unlikely to ever sell.

Dead stock is inventory that has not moved and is not expected to. It ties up cash and space and often ends up written down or off.

Identifying it early — through turnover and aging analysis — lets you discount, bundle or return it before it loses all value.

Also called

  • obsolete inventory

Related terms

Inventory Turnover

How many times inventory is sold and replaced over a period.

Carrying Cost

The total cost of holding inventory over time.

ABC Analysis

Classifying inventory into A, B and C tiers by value or importance.

More in Inventory

Asset Tracking Available to Promise (ATP) Backorder Barcode Consignment Inventory Cycle Count Cycle Stock Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO)

Dead Stock is not just a definition here

Inventory runs on this vocabulary every day in AWRA OpsHub — 44 of our 257 glossary terms describe things the platform actually does.

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