Inventoriable
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Able to be held in an inventory. not-comparable
"We have gotten used to the flawed idea that fast response to customer orders is simply a matter of keeping warehouses full of finished goods. There is not a good parallel to this in design engineering, because designs are mostly not inventoriable."
- 2 Of costs: being those directly associated with the manufacture of products to be sold. not-comparable
"inventoriable costs"
Example
More examples"We have gotten used to the flawed idea that fast response to customer orders is simply a matter of keeping warehouses full of finished goods. There is not a good parallel to this in design engineering, because designs are mostly not inventoriable."
Etymology
From inventory + -able.
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