Reverse Logistics Viewed as Cost Center, Finds Survey

Reverse Logistics Viewed as Cost Center, Finds Survey

March 6, 2013

While supply chain executives increasingly understand that reverse logistics can be a source of revenue, a new survey from eyefortransport finds that 70 % of supply chain executives at hi-tech companies still consider reverse logistics a cost center. To read more, click HERE.

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