kiertouksesta

Kiertous is a Finnish noun that literally means “circulation” or “flow”. In everyday language the term can refer to the movement of goods, people, money or information through a system. The root of the word is kiertää, which means “to circulate” or “to go around”, and the suffix ‑ous turns the verb into a noun. The word is used in several distinct contexts.

In business and economics kiertous is most often used to describe inventory turnover, a key metric that measures how many times a company sells and replaces its stock within a given period. A high siirkous indicates efficient use of resources, while a low number signals overstock or weak sales. The term also appears in turnover in the sense of annual sales or revenues.

Beyond commerce, kiertous applies to logistics and transportation networks. For example, the “kaistan kiertouksessa” refers to the throughput of traffic on a specific road or railway track. In the energy sector the term is used to describe the cycle of electricity production and consumption, often in discussions about renewable sources.

In environmental policy kiertous is closely related to kierrätys (recycling) and the broader concept of kiertotalous – the circular economy. Here the focus is on keeping materials in use for as long as possible by designing products for reuse, repair and remanufacture, thereby reducing waste and dependency on virgin resources.

The word is also found in cultural contexts, for example in the titles of Finnish books or plays that metaphorically discuss the circular patterns of human life or societal change.

To understand a specific usage of kiertous it is useful to examine the surrounding sentence, as the term can denote everything from a physical flow of goods to a metaphorical cycle of ideas.