How to Prevent Recalled Products from Being Resold

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87% of the banned or recalled products inspected were still listed online in an October 2021 sweep across 21 OECD countries and partner economies, according to the OECD's online product-safety review3/FINAL/en/pdf). For an IT asset manager, that finding exposes the gap between announcing a recall and controlling the equipment. To prevent recalled products from being […]

How Manufacturers Destroy Recalled Products: A Guide

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A recall notice lands on a Tuesday morning. Your warehouse, a distributor, and a few hundred customers may all hold the same defective laptop, battery pack, or payment terminal. The pressing question isn't which shredder to rent. It's how many units exist, where they are, and whether you can prove none of them went back […]

Recalled Product Quarantine and Disposal: A Practical Guide

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The recall notice lands while your team is already staging an equipment pickup. Some affected laptops sit in a storage closet, others are assigned to staff, and a return pallet may already be with a processor. Facilities wants the space back. Nobody can yet prove which units are affected, where they are, or where they […]