Distributors

As a product distributor, I have a lot of things on my plate each day. I have to make sure that each of my products gets shipped out to the right place in a timely manner. I also have to make sure that I am able to accept products that need to be returned or repaired and to ship those back out quickly. Ideally, I’d like to do this in a way that keeps my costs as low as possible since that’s the only way that I’m going to be able to make a profit. Without a profit, I can’t stay in business.

The reason that YARRAA initially caught my attention is because of the way that it offers opportunities to save money using reverse logistics. Someone who doesn’t work in distribution might not understand what this means but it’s crucial to the business. This involves making sure that consumers and manufacturers can return products to us as needed for repairs and maintenance. Reverse logistics provides a structure for doing that which is simple and cost-effective.

There are a lot of reasons that items might get returned to my business. In fact, some of the products that we offer are specifically designed to get returned. For example, air filtration systems may come with a warranty that says we’ll do basic maintenance on a steady basis for a number of years. We need to make sure that our customers can easily get that product back to us for maintenance in a way that doesn’t cost us a lot of money.

I’ll be honest; I don’t want to think much about how to do this. I don’t want to analyze reverse logistics and create a plan that will keep my costs down. I’ll do it if I have to but I have so much other stuff going on each day that I’d rather it was worked out for me. YARRAA is specifically designed to use reverse logistics to help distributors save money. That also saves me time which saves me more money. Even if you don’t understand reverse logistics, you can understand that equation!