A situation in which a firm makes inventory deployment decisions at the central distribution center and ships to its individual warehouses accordingly.

Inventory Counting 101: Your Simple Guide to Better Stock Management
Running an ecommerce business? Then you know inventory is everything. But here’s the question: do you actually know how much inventory you have right now? Many business owners think as long as they have enough products to sell, the exact count doesn’t matter. That’s a costly mistake. Accurate inventory counts