In plain English
This is stock that has been kept apart for a particular need. It is tied to a specific order, customer, or purpose, so it is not part of the inventory that can be generally allocated or sold.
In context
Here, "reserved stock" identifies inventory that has been set aside for a specific order, customer, or purpose and is not freely available for general allocation or sale.
- Situation
- Managing warehouse receiving, inventory, picking, packing, and dispatch
- What it communicates
- identifies stock kept aside and not freely available.
Meaning limits
The term by itself does not identify which particular order, customer, or purpose the stock is set aside for.
Examples
“The fifty valves were reserved stock for a rail order, so the clerk did not count them for general sale.”
“Set these filters aside as reserved stock for the school maintenance team.”