cycle countnoun [ C ]
ukusACCOUNTING, PRODUCTION, COMMERCE the process of counting a small chosen set of goods and materials owned by a company or available for sale in a store, etc. on each business day rather than having one time of the year, etc. when everything is counted together:
The article discusses the process of managing inventory through cycle counts.
cycle count
verb [ I or T ]
Why doesn’t every distributor abandon their annual physical inventory and cycle count instead?
cycle counting
noun [ U ]
The logistical problem of material movement can make cycle counting more difficult than a complete inventory.