Another important role inventory plays is to reduce cost by exploiting any economy of scale that may exist during both production and distribution.

库存的另一个重要作用，是通过使用可能存在于生产和配送过程中的规模经济来降低成本。

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Methods To use the self-esteem inventory (SEI) and the pupil rating scale revised (PRS) in 30 cases of LD children and paired normal children.

方法对30例LD儿童和与之匹配的正常儿童用自尊量表（SEI）和学习障碍筛查量表（PRS）进行了测评分析。

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It USES GIS-based forest inventory data at a scale of forestry bureau.

它是以林业局为单位、用GIS框架下的森林资源清查数据建立的。

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But the greater economies of scale in inventory and distribution linked to Web sales makes them more profitable.

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"Inventory planning, your systems, your ability to scale... that's all great in theory, " he says.

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The "bricks and clicks" model, as Lehigh University's Snyder describes it, calls for moving some goods to large centralized distribution centers, which have the economies of scale to lower the carrying costs of inventory.

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