Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.) Sep 11, 2010:

Accounting terminology, not physical gaps of record and actual matters.

Nathan Appel (X) Sep 11, 2010:

I think 「物流体制」 makes it clear that we are talking about inventories of items held for shipping.　在庫差異 seems like it could either be indicating differences between records and actual inventories or differences between inventories. I think it's more likely that it is referring to differences between records and actual inventories. This can be caused by theft, as is indicated at this site: http://www.logisticsadvice.com./story_inventorycontrol.html. I think that here, 在庫差異率 could simply be translated as "inventory discrepancy."

toshism (asker) Sep 11, 2010:

A bit more context, not sure if this helps.. 物流体制の刷新の目的は、在庫差異率を低下させることにより、高品質・ローコストオペレーションを実現する

cinefil Sep 10, 2010:

what is 在庫 here? 自社商品／製品ですかそれとも配達すべき貨物／荷物？