zero inventory:
"A term initially used to represent the optimum stock level in a just-in-time system and the idea that inventory is a liability instead of an asset. "

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Definitions of terms related to zero inventory:

• Annual physical inventory
• Base inventory level
• negative inventory
• perpetual inventory
• physical inventory
• supply chain inventory visibility (SCIV)
• Target inventory level
• wall-to-wall inventory
• work in process (WIP)
• Work in progress
• zero float