Discounted SKUs

Percentage decline in the number of Discounted SKUs with positive inventory levels (i.e., that had not been returned to the manufacturer for credit or other SKUs). 

Retail supply chains are different than other industry models. Many of the components of the supply chain are the same product sourcing, inbound transportation, processing, location and storage of inventory, outbound transportation, company operations, and information. However, retailers are at the end of the chain, just before the products touch the consumer. As a result, the retailer is at the end of the cumulative efficiencies and deficiencies of aU the chain partners. It may be that retail supply chains are just a bit more complex. Imagine the thousands of vendors, each with their own ideas and operations, aU moving with a thousand different retailers set of unique requirements and multiply this by the 90,000-t different stock keeping units (SKUs) in the typical large discount store. 

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