Editing Inventory (section)

==Distressed inventory==
Also known as distressed or expired stock, distressed inventory is inventory whose potential to be sold at a normal [[cost]] has passed or will soon pass. In certain industries it could also mean that the stock is or will soon be impossible to sell. Examples of distressed inventory include products which have reached their [[Shelf life|expiry date]], or have reached a date in advance of expiry at which the planned market will no longer purchase them (e.g. 3 months left to expiry), clothing which is out of [[fashion]], music which is no longer popular and old newspapers or magazines. It also includes computer or consumer-electronic equipment which is obsolete or discontinued and whose manufacturer is unable to support it, along with products which use that type of equipment e.g. [[VHS]] format equipment and videos.<ref name="SAXENA2009">{{cite book|author=R. S. SAXENA|title=INVENTORY MANAGEMENT: Controlling in a Fluctuating Demand Environment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H6AM-vRhmoAC&pg=PA24|access-date=7 April 2012|date=1 December 2009|publisher=Global India Publications|isbn=978-93-8022-821-1|pages=24–}}</ref>

In 2001, [[Cisco]] wrote off inventory worth US$2.25 billion due to duplicate orders.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Armony |first=Mor
 |title=The Impact of Duplicate Orders on Demand Estimation and Capacity Investment |journal=Management Science
 |volume=51
 |issue=10
 |pages=1505–1518
 |doi=10.1287/mnsc.1050.0371
 |year=2005
 |s2cid=10737340
 }}</ref> This is considered one of the biggest inventory write-offs in business history.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}