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Enterprise Survey 2003-2006-2010-2016

Nicaragua, 2003 - 2017
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NIC_2003-2016_ES-P_v01_M
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World Bank
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Avg. days of inventory of main sales item kept by establishment (_2006_2010_d17)

Data file: Nicaragua_2003_2006_2010_2016_test

Overview

Valid: 176
Invalid: 1423
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1353
End: 1355
Width: 3
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
At the present time, when this establishment receives its main sales item, on average, how many days of inventory measured in days of sales, does this establishment keep?
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Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
Days of inventory of main sales item The purpose of this question is to assess the efficiency in the supply chain. When firms have to maintain a high level of sales items in stock, because they cannot rely on a predictable supply, this is a source of economic inefficiency. Inversely, if supplies of the main sales can be relied upon to be easily available, firms will keep low levels of stock on hand.

The main sales item is the item that accounts for the highest percentage of sales among all items that the establishment sells. It is not the item for which stock is maintained the longest.

Days of inventory should be calculated as how many days it would take, under normal sales conditions, to deplete the main sales item held in supply at the establishment's premises.
Question post text
INTERVIEWER: IF RESPONDENT REQUIRES CLARIFICATION, DEFINE AS STOCK ON HAND
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