excess inventory

基本解释

The other aspect of being lean is getting rid of excess inventory.
做到精益的另一方面在于去除多余的库存。
Despite these hopeful signs, house prices will continue to fall until the excess inventory is worked off.
尽管有一些乐观信号，但是，在多余的存货被消化掉之前，房价还会继续下跌。
So the automaker not only gets an opportunity to reap a windfall in sales; it also can liquidate excess inventory without adjusting production levels or resorting to incentives.
所以本田不仅得到了一个销售上的意外惊喜；而且他也可以消除因未调整生产水平、仅依靠促销而带来的超额库存。

That's probably a wise plan, since the costs of excess inventory are real and generally quantifiable.
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The need to work off excess inventory was expected to drag on Bristol's earnings into 2003.
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