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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Last year, I attended a three-day conference in Las Vegas conducted by the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group whose members deal with product returns, unsold inventories and other capitalist jetsam. Most online shoppers assume that items they return go back into regular inventory, to be sold again at full price. Zachary said.

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What is Supply Chain Compliance and Why is it Important?

AB&R

In addition, several agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) require unique device identifiers (UDI) usually in the form of barcodes to contain information such as manufactured date and lot number to provide traceability. North Dakota. Pennsylvania. Rhode Island. South Carolina. South Dakota. Washington. West Virginia.

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What is excise duty? A guide for alcohol producers

Unleashed

We also look at: Using brewery inventory software to track and manage alcohol excise duty costs, and. Excise duty is commonly charged to the manufacturers of these products, with laws also requiring the areas where the products are made to have special licences. Excise duty is payable by the manufacturers of the product.