Reverse Logistics Lexicon

The reverse logistics lexicon contains definitions of terms recommended for use in the creation of forms and reports related to the processes involved in reverse logistics. This list is a living document and is updated based upon user feedback on a regular basis. Membership in the Reverse Logistics Standards Committee is open, and those with input or suggestions related to this process are invited to participate. If you want to contribute, please contact one of the Contributors for information on joining the process.

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Terms of Art

• GAAP- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
• Best Practices
• Reverse Logistics
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• XBRL

Reverse Logistics Business Processes and Practices

• A channel?
• Advance Ship Notice - ASN?
• Asset management
• Asset recovery?
• B channel marketing
• B channel?
• Barter companies?
• Brokers?
• Brown goods?
• Buy-out?
• Cannibalization of demand?
• Cannibalization of parts?
• Carbon footprint?
• Centralized Return Center - CRC?
• Chargeback?
• Close-out liquidators?
• Controlled tip?
• Core charge?
• Core?
• Customer returns
• Customer service
• Depot repair
• Design for Disassembly - DFD?
• Design for Logistics - DFL?
• Design For Manufacturing - DFM?
• Design For Reverse Logistics - DFRL?
• Disposition cycle time?
• Disposition?
• Duales System Deutschland - DSD?
• Efficient Consumer Response - ECR?
• Electronic Data Interchange - EDI?
• End of Lease?
• End-of-Life manufacturing
• EOL
• Extended Producer Responsibility - EPR?
• Factory-renewed?
• Field Replaceable Unit - FRU?
• Field service
• Footprint?
• Fulfillment services
• Gatekeeping?
• Global warming
• Gray market?
• Green dot?
• Green logistics?
• ((Grüne punkt))
• Hazardous materials
• Help desk
• High learning products?
• Insurance liquidators?
• Investment recovery?
• Irregular?
• IT process management
• Job-out liquidators?
• Landfill?
• Landfilling?
• Leachate?
• Lift?
• Liquidator?
• Logistics?
• Made-for-outlet?
• Marketing returns
• Marketing returns
• Municipal Solid Waste - MSW?
• No Fault Found - NFF?
• Non-defective defectives?
• Non-defective returns?
• Non-hazardous materials
• Non-regulated products
• Outlet sales?
• Overstock?
• Packaging: containers
• Packaging: product
• Packaging: raw materials
• Partial returns credit?
• Point of Sale - POS?
• Point-of-Sale registration?
• Prebate?
• Preselling?
• Primary packaging?
• Producer pays?
• Radio Frequency Identification - RFID?
• REACH?
• Re-returns?
• Recalls
• Reclaim materials?
• Reclamation centers?
• Reconditioning?
• Recycle?
• Recycling
• Refurbish?
• Refurbishing?
• Refurbishment screening
• Regulated products
• Remanufacture?
• Remanufacturing?
• Repair?
• Replacement management
• Resell?
• Restocking fee?
• Return abuse?
• Return Authorization - RA?
• Return Material Allowance - RMA?
• Return Material Authorization - RMA?
• Return to supplier?
• Return To Vendor - RTV?
• Returnable tote?
• Returns allowance?
• Returns center?
• Returns
• Reusable tote?
• Reuse?
• Reverse distribution?
• Reverse logistics
• RMA management
• RoHS?
• Rotable parts?
• Salvage?
• Sanitary landfill?
• Secondary market?
• Secondary packaging?
• Secure disposal?
• Secure returns?
• Service logistics
• Source reduction?
• Supply chain position?
• Sustainability
• Sustainable supply chain?
• Take-back?
• Tipping fees?
• Transport packaging?
• Transportation: domestic
• Transportation: international
• Triple bottom line?
• Two-dimensional bar coding?
• Warehousing
• Warranty claims
• Warranty management
• Warranty reserves
• WEEE?
• White goods?
• XBRL
• XML?
• Zero returns?

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