decoupling stock definition

decoupling stock

Inventory accumulated between two inter-dependent operations as a buffer against breakdowns or unevenness in machine production rates, thus reducing the need for output synchronization. Also called intermediate stock.

decoupling stock is in the Inventory Control & Storage subject.

decoupling stock appears in the definition of the following term: intermediate stock

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