“To be or not to be” that is the question for RMAs. The “RMA” (a return material authorization or just “RA” return authorizations) is full of uncertainty. Uncertainty as to whether we want to authorize a return, uncertainty whether we will ever receive the unit, uncertainty what kind of condition it will be in, uncertainty whether we will issue a credit, ship a replacement or do a repair. We are not even certain that an RMA is a formal accounting transaction. Managing uncertainty is much of what we do in reverse logistics, but the RMA is the heart of much of what we do in reverse logistics.