Stock+Keeping+Units

= Stock Keeping Units: =

**Stock keeping units (SKUs) Individual items with in each product category; the smallest unit available for inventory control.**

On the back of the sprite bottle is a stock keeping unit. This helps the gas station I bought it from inventory how many sprites they have on hand. When I bought the sprite it, a cashier scanned the bar code enabling me to buy it and for there inventory to count that one was sold. **By: Ashli Blow** __**Deitz Comment: A UPC or bar code is not the same thing as a stock keeping unit (SKU). An SKU is an individual product item. Each SKU will have a distinct UPC code, however.**__