stockout

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Definition of stockout in English English dictionary

Situation when a business can not fulfill an order from current inventories

running out of stock, before the next replenishment is received

The condition when required material is not available for a production, sales or interplant order

An inventory condition where a specific line item is not available for prompt shipment

A situation in which the items a customer orders are currently unavailable

A stockout arises when a supplier runs out of a particular item for which there is customer demand

–When the item that a customer wants is out of stock or not available on the sales floor

Etymology

() From the verb stock out (“to become out of stock in a good”).