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What is Inventory Shrinkage? Meaning.

Inventory Shrinkage is the difference between the booked inventory a company should have as a result of its sales, purchasing and manufacturing processes and the actual inventory it has on hand. It is an unplanned and unwanted loss of inventory.

Major sources of shrinkage include:

Theft by employees (shoplifting) or customers.
Inventory counting errors.
Accounting errors.
Fraud.
Loss and damage.
Perishability, detoriation.

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