In 1995, Digi-Key introduced its website that offers complete online commerce capabilities along with access to product inventory.

Their product inventory is individualized for each location.

A rise in product inventories held by businesses could signal a slowing economy as consumers and businesses slow down spending.

Mobil said the change, adopted yesterday, reflects the way it values crude oil and product inventories.

The service uses a third-party database of national product inventory organized by locality.

Shrinkage (accounting) - the loss of product inventory.

The stores are stocked with computers, software, fax machines and other product inventory - at an average cost of about $9 million.

Novartis, which has the world's largest agribusiness, gains a company with sales of $200 million and about $21 million in product inventories.

Firstly, distributors will often return any unsold goods to the company, incurring a carrying cost and also developing a backlog of product inventory.

This system was a private network that linked all North American shops, updating each shop's product inventory every 24 to 48 hours.