What is cycle counting?

Cycle counting is counting a subset of inventory continuously instead of everything at once. SKUs are grouped by value or velocity and counted on a schedule, so fast-moving and high-value items get counted often and slow ones rarely. The warehouse keeps operating throughout.

Its advantage over an annual physical count is timing. A full count once a year tells you the books were wrong; cycle counting tells you which process is making them wrong while the evidence is still fresh.

More on Inventory, or browse every commerce operations answer.