In certain business operations, taking a physical inventory is impossible or impractical.

I took a physical inventory, noting the sore ribs on my right side.

There is an annual physical inventory to make sure the factory has everything that they are leasing.

Cycle counting, an alternative to physical inventory, may be less disruptive.

"Yeah," Manning gasped in shock as he took physical inventory.

Inventory control system software can speed the physical inventory process.

Businesses may use several different tactics to minimize the disruption caused by physical inventory.

This reduced the need for retailers to carry a large selection of physical inventory, which was usually only printed in one key.

Many companies perform "mini" physical inventories and call it cycle counts.

Physical inventory is a process where a business physically counts its entire inventory.

We do physical inventory once a month.

Physical inventory next, I think.

Regardless of what inventory accounting system is used, it is good practice to perform a physical inventory at least once a year.

Because the seller does not need to manage a physical inventory, they can offer an ample selection of products that cannot be offered by retail stores.

To conduct yearly and spot physical inventory of all personal/real property owned by the American Samoa Government.

Physical inventory counting and cycle counting are features of many inventory control systems which can enhance the organization.

Physical inventories can get kinda dusty."

Inco said 1988 full-year results also included a $9.2 million writedown as a result of a physical inventory of scrap metals.

Keeping an accurate accounting of- " "I understand the importance of a physical inventory."

Receiving of Goods or Services - Maintaining a physical inventory of goods.

"This guy was the manager who did the physical inventory, and he was able to delete all the records from the computer," Mr. Healy said.

(Stephanie Garcia, Restoration Hardware's director for e-commerce, later told me the problem was that my order had been placed when the company was taking physical inventory.

The physical inventory is valued at retail, and it is multiplied by the cost ratio (or percentage) to determine the estimated cost of the ending inventory.

Cutting corners on the quantity and quality of comestibles was a common fiddle for dishonest pursers and administrators, so it'd take a physical inventory to be sure.