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Blind return identification
A photograph identifies the item and matches it to a client and an order, so the return is recorded, billed and dispositioned rather than shelved.
Blind returns, multi client inventory and disposition, inside the warehouse you already run.
A third party logistics provider serves hundreds of clients under one roof, and receives returns for all of them without a record for most. Vendidit identifies each item, matches it to a client, and dispositions it by that client's rules, inside the existing operation.
3PL · four applications
IdentificationTracking and verificationRouting and dispositionWarehouse operationsCommerce and channel execution
A blind return is an item that costs money until someone can say what it is and whose it is.
Client returns arrive without the client's system knowing, are handled manually until they can be identified, and are shelved when they cannot. The provider absorbs the labor and, often, the item.
The platform identifies the item from a photograph, matches it to the client and the order, applies that client's disposition rules, and records the outcome so the provider can bill the work and return the recovery.
Where the technology changes the work
Four applications.
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Multi client disposition
Each client's rules applied automatically, restock, return to vendor, resale, donation or disposal, with the outcome returned to the client.
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Consignment and recovery
Inventory the client would rather not take back is sold through the channel with the highest recovery, on the provider's floor, with proceeds returned by rule.
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Item level warehouse operations
Receipt, put away, tasking and shipment at item level for the returns and recovery operation, alongside the existing warehouse management system.
What we optimize for
Stakeholders and outcomes.
#StakeholderOutcomeWhat changesCapability
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Operations leadership
Blind returns cleared, not shelved
→ Identification at the first touch
Operate
Capability names the platform function that delivers the change. All five capabilities →
Recommended product
upstream.Upstream is the platform, built for the warehouse floor.
The product operators use to identify, disposition and resell at item level, deployed alongside the warehouse management system already in place.
Item level identification and grading at receipt
Disposition by rule, channel routing and resale
Deployed alongside the existing WMS in days
upstream · product view
upstream product screenshot
Where the platform connects
Sources, platform, decisions.
Sources
Photographs at receipt
Client orders and serials
The existing warehouse management system
Platform
Identification
Condition and valuation
Custody, events and verification
Decisions
Restock, return or resell
Client billing
Recovery and reporting
Deployment
Upstream is deployed alongside the provider's existing warehouse management system, on Amazon Web Services or integrated directly, in days rather than quarters.
See Security and trust for deployment detail.
Security and trust →Past performance
Logistics engagement. Item level returns processing for a third party logistics operator, deployed on the platform.
Case studies →Discuss your requirements with our team.
Our solutions architects work directly with third party logistics providers.