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Enterprise Survey 2003-2006-2010-2017, Panel Data

Ecuador, 2003 - 2017
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Reference ID
ECU_2003-2017_ES-P_v01_M
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48529/drnx-c169
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Enterprise Surveys
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Mar 06, 2018
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  • Ecuador_2003_2006_2010_2017

Avg. days of inventory of main sales item kept by establishment (_2006_2010_d17)

Data file: Ecuador_2003_2006_2010_2017

Overview

Valid: 292
Invalid: 1546
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1099
End: 1101
Width: 3
Range: -9 - 365
Format: Numeric

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?
Categories
Value Category Cases
-9 Don’t know 7
0.4%
0 9
0.5%
1 21
1.1%
2 16
0.9%
3 9
0.5%
4 1
0.1%
5 10
0.5%
6 3
0.2%
7 10
0.5%
8 10
0.5%
10 5
0.3%
15 31
1.7%
20 12
0.7%
21 1
0.1%
22 1
0.1%
25 3
0.2%
30 53
2.9%
34 1
0.1%
38 1
0.1%
40 1
0.1%
45 8
0.4%
50 2
0.1%
60 24
1.3%
65 1
0.1%
70 3
0.2%
75 1
0.1%
80 2
0.1%
85 1
0.1%
90 20
1.1%
95 1
0.1%
99 1
0.1%
100 2
0.1%
120 5
0.3%
150 1
0.1%
160 1
0.1%
180 6
0.3%
200 1
0.1%
360 4
0.2%
365 3
0.2%
Sysmiss 1546
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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