In plain English
This means checking only some stock at planned times. The work is divided across the inventory over time instead of doing one complete count of everything in a single go.
In context
Here, "cycle count" names the routine work of counting selected stock lines or locations on a schedule rather than counting all inventory at once.
- Situation
- Managing warehouse receiving, inventory, picking, packing, and dispatch
- What it communicates
- names routine count work on selected stock lines or locations.
Meaning limits
The term by itself does not say which stock is included in a particular count or how often the schedule occurs.
Examples
“They cycle count one rack every morning instead of counting the whole storeroom in a single session.”
“On Tuesdays, the supervisor cycle counts the damaged-goods shelf before opening.”