Just as in the case of cash, which we dealt with in a previous lecture, stocks represent idle capital. The ideal situation would therefore be where we hold no stock of anything, but buy production materials as needed and produce goods for specific orders which are sent out immediately they are complete.
Tu kama katika kesi ya fedha, ambayo sisi kushughulikiwa na katika hotuba ya awali, hifadhi ya kuwakilisha mji mkuu wavivu. hali bora ingekuwa hiyo kuwa ambapo sisi kushikilia hakuna hisa ya kitu chochote, lakini kununua vifaa vya uzalishaji kama inahitajika na kuzalisha bidhaa kwa ajili maagizo maalum waliotumwa nje mara wao ni kamili.