"Their first marching order would be to know your respective departments and find out exactly the state of the nation," Mr. Aquino said, adding that "there has to be an inventory of the problems".
If the price is above the level at which the demand from end-users is equal to production, there's an excess supply — and that supply has to be going into inventories.
It has to be this way if inventory is to be traded across multiple sites, networks and types of publisher.
But with grocery items, there are a number of hurdles to overcome – perishable grocery inventory has to be stored and transported refrigerated, which is costly.
"There wouldn't have to be any inventory, you would simply play with the stuff, talk to a professional and swipe your Amazon Prime credit card (or Amazon phone) and have it at your house in the next 24 to 48 hours," Jason Calacanis wrote in a recent blog post headlined: "Rumor: Amazon Retail Stores Coming".
"I don't have to be afraid of inventory anymore," Quinn says.
Activity levels fell and inventories had to be worked through which made the downturn even worse".
Futures markets have flourished and become important in commodities where sizeable inventories have to be stored and carried forward for meeting the consumption needs of the entire season.
More than a ton of low-enriched uranium would have to be withdrawn from fully safeguarded inventories for further enrichment to produce enough material for a weapon.
More variable costs will have to be incurred to build the inventory to a higher level; fixed manufacturing costs presumably will be unaffected.
