Design an inventory system
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This question evaluates a candidate's competency in designing inventory and distributed systems, covering stock tracking models, reservation and commit semantics, concurrency control, data modeling, API design, and real-time integrations.
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Design an inventory management system that supports stock tracking, ordering, and real-time updates. Discuss key components, data model, APIs, scalability, and consistency considerations.
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