| Article ID: | iaor19931690 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 33 |
| Start Page Number: | 11 |
| End Page Number: | 16 |
| Publication Date: | May 1992 |
| Journal: | Production and Inventory Management Journal |
| Authors: | Young Scott T., Nie Winter D. |
Record variance has a detrimental effect on inventory control which can become accentuated by different inventory policies. One approach to combating record variance is the cycle count. In this article the authors suggest a cycle-count model which balances costs incurred from counting and stockout.