Any key asset, be it a physical inventory, the business intelligence of a department, or anything in between, needs to be carefully managed in order to harvest its maximum business benefit.

任何重要的资产，不管是可以实地盘存的有形设备装置，还是部门的无形商业智能，或者介于两者之间的任何东西，都需要重视管理，以获取最大的商业利益。

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A physical inventory should be carefully planned and supervised to prevent such errors as the double counting of items, the omission of goods from the count, and other quantitative errors.

实物清点工作要有充分的计划和监督，以防止出现重复清点、漏点和其他方面的数量错误。

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At last, we will prepare for next physical inventory.

最后，我们将准备下一次的盘点工作。

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In November that belief was shattered when Caterpillar did a physical inventory at Siwei that led to a trail of fake documents.

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