Strategic Assessment of the Market for Wireless and Cellular Telephone Recycling

The market potential for repair / refurbishment facilities to acquire, refurbish and resell "retired" cell phones is still largely untapped. A conservative estimate of the number of retired handsets stored and forgotten by consumers exceeds 400 million. The actual number of handsets that have been resold or scrapped is approximately 25 million, less than 6% of the potential market. The biggest challenge for firms that wish to enter this market is building a supply pipeline. Click here for more

"Returning" to Profitability

More and more, companies are turning their attention to returns management (or reverse logistics) strategies and processes in an attempt to improve profitability and customer satisfaction. A well-functioning returns process assists with the management of four key elements: the customer relationship, the physical movement of the goods, the analysis of the returned goods, and salvage or disposition.

Have you considered all of these profitability improvement opportunities in your reverse logistics processing? [continue]

Reverse Logistics Association Launches Regional Workshops in the San Francisco Bay Area May 19th, 2005

Reverse Logistics Association is offering the first regional workshop training event on May 19 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Milpitas, California. The San Francisco Bay Area workshop along with eight additional workshops in Chicago, Hong Kong, St. Louis, Boston, Los Angeles, Austin, Atlanta, and London have been added to the pre-conference training events held each year in Las Vegas, Amsterdam, and Singapore. These workshops are designed to deliver informational and skills based knowledge to a broad audience of industry-based professionals.

Reverse Logistics Workshops and Seminars offer interactive discussion and detailed content on topics pertinent to branded companies, OEMs, retail, 3PSPs and others interested in controlling their reverse logistics business. Topics "RFQ, Contracts and Statements of Work", "Hidden Costs of Reverse Logistics" and "Sarbanes-Oxley Issues in Reverse Logistics" and the "the Process of Outsourcing" will be offered along with an industry perspective on reverse logistics and closing out the afternoon with critical data on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) standards for Europe will be presented.

Click here for registration information and details on the May 19 workshop.

How to Work a Trade Show

Before you invest your time and money on a trade show, read this guide to learn how to make the most of it.

Entrepreneur.com provides this valuable guide to making the most of your trade show experience.

While RLTS does not endorse the "imaginative self-identification" the author recommends, we stand behind their suggestions for making your tradeshow experience provide the best return on your investment. Full Article