Glossary of Bulk Oil Terms

Returnable Tote Program

Posted by Hannah Broaddus

Nov 21, 2012 10:00:00 PM

A continuous supply program, where new totes are delivered to the customer and old totes are simultaneously picked up and returned to the supplier.  This allows the totes to be re-used and often cuts oil cost by re-using packaging.  This program requires that the customer be using enough volume to warrant the additional shipping costs involved in the pick-up process.

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