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Inventory
Every glossary term attached to Inventory, with the one-line answer for each.
BackorderHow accepted backorders differ from preorders, stockouts, and back-in-stock alerts.Lead timeHow to define supplier or fulfilment lead time without confusing it with delivery time.PreorderHow preorders differ from backorders and what shoppers need to know before purchase.SKUHow merchant-defined SKUs differ from globally standardized UPCs.StockoutHow an unavailable inventory state differs from a preorder or accepted backorder.UPCHow UPC identifies a trade item and differs from a merchant's internal SKU.
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