Your client wants certain inventory items of high importance to be counted periodically to improve the average level of inventory accuracy. What type of counting would you recommend?

Question

Options

• APhysical Count
• BManual Count
• CSerialized Count
• DCycle Count
• EBlind Count
• FZero Quantity Count

• A
  5% (1)
• C
  15% (3)
• D
  75% (15)
• F
  5% (1)

Explanation

Cycle Count is correct because it involves counting a subset of inventory items on a rotating schedule, allowing high-priority or high-value items to be counted more frequently without shutting down operations - directly matching the client's goal of improving accuracy for specific items periodically.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A. Physical Count - a full physical count covers all inventory at once, typically requiring operations to stop; it's not selective or periodic.
• B. Manual Count - this describes how counting is done (by hand vs. system), not a counting strategy; it's a method, not a program type.
• C. Serialized Count - refers to tracking individual serialized items (e.g., by serial number), not a periodic counting program.
• E. Blind Count - a technique where counters don't see expected quantities to avoid bias; it's a procedure, not a counting schedule type.
• F. Zero Quantity Count - focuses specifically on locations the system shows as empty, used to catch phantom inventory; it targets zero-balance records, not high-importance items.

Memory tip: Think "cycle" as in bicycle - you go around repeatedly, hitting the same spots on a schedule. High-importance items get visited more often in the cycle, just like busy intersections get more traffic light cycles.

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