Example sentences for: stock-outs

How can you use “stock-outs” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • 5 percent in our simulation) that the firm is in stock for these SKUs translates into more sales and fewer stock-outs, which increases gross margin and, ultimately, operating profit.

  • Three types of costs were particularly high under the old model: forced markdowns to clear out unsold goods; lost sales from stock-outs; and the costs asso-ciated with holding inventory.

  • The resulting inventory and production policies allow Hewlett Packard to balance the costs of stock-outs with those of unsold inventories.

  • Product stock-outs accounted for 24 percent, $6 billion, of the losses, and the cost of inventory carrying itself constituted the remaining 20 percent, $5 billion.

  • In practical terms, this means that a retailer carrying a broader array of goods faces increased costs both for carrying goods in inventory that will not sell (overstocks) and running out of a good that sells beyond expectations (stock-outs).


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