Disposition Assistant

What is Disposition Assistant?

• Quarantine Limbo Eliminator. When defective inventory arrives, goods stop moving but financial meters keep running. Warehouses fill with stranded assets, detention fees accrue, and working capital remains trapped. The Disposition Assistant eradicates this friction by combining computer vision with financial controller logic.

• Visual Quality Inspector. Unlike human inspection prone to fatigue and inconsistency, the agent analyzes visual data from cameras, drones, or handheld devices to detect defects with pixel-level precision. It identifies surface flaws, packaging errors, and structural anomalies against a digital library of golden samples.

• Autonomous Decision Engine. Once a defect is identified, the agent instantly calculates the most financially viable path: Is return shipping lower than scrap value? Does the vendor contract allow automatic credit? Is the item safe for secondary market resale? It executes decisions without human intervention.

• Brand & Sustainability Guardian. The agent verifies adherence to standards like OEKO-TEX, detecting subtle defects human eyes miss. It routes goods to recycling or refurbishment channels rather than default landfilling, transforming quality control into a strategic asset.

Replaces:

• Manual visual inspection of every unit with camera-based automated detection.
• Subjective "should we keep this?" decisions with strict financial logic.
• Manual RMA drafting and supplier evidence packet coordination.
• Spreadsheet salvage value calculations for scrap/return/resale decisions.
• Manual WMS quarantine management and inventory status changes.

Why Disposition Assistant

• Accelerate Inspection Velocity. Traditional manual inspections are bottlenecks. Computer vision reduces inspection time by 60%, allowing goods to move at machine speed. This acceleration reduces dock-to-stock cycle times, ensuring sellable inventory reaches customers faster.

• Maximize Value Recovery. Defective inventory loss magnitude depends on disposition decisions. The agent calculates total landed cost versus potential resale value or return credits, ensuring the most profitable decision every time. It prevents waste through intelligent tracking and decisioning.

• Enforce Vendor Compliance. Subjective quality calls lead to supplier disputes. The agent provides irrefutable, data-driven evidence for every claim. High-resolution defect images mapped to contract terms create audit-ready trails that hold suppliers accountable.

• Achieve Touchless Operations. In high-volume environments, the goal is touchless operations where humans handle only exceptions. Leading companies like P&G deploy computer vision for real-time defect detection. The agent scales this capability without hiring temporary QA staff.

How It Works

1. Visual Data Ingestion. The agent connects to facility visual infrastructure, ingesting real-time video feeds or static images from inspection cameras, drones, or handheld scanning devices. It aggregates visual data with product metadata from ERP (SKU, supplier, cost).

2. AI Defect Detection. Using computer vision models trained on thousands of good and bad product images, the agent identifies defects. It detects surface flaws, labeling errors, color mismatches, or structural damage with pixel-level accuracy, classifying severity as Critical, Major, or Minor.

3. Financial Logic & Disposition. Once classified, the agent applies financial and contractual logic. It queries supplier contracts for return eligibility, calculates return shipping cost versus scrap value, and selects the optimal outcome: Return to Vendor, Scrap, Rework, or Discounted Resale.

4. Autonomous Execution. The agent executes decisions across enterprise systems. For returns, it generates RMA documentation, attaches photo evidence, and emails vendors. It updates WMS for shipping. For scrap, it triggers disposal work orders and posts write-off entries to the financial ledger.

Get Started

Stop letting defective inventory drain working capital and slow your supply chain. Deploy Disposition Assistant to transform quality control into a high-velocity, financially intelligent operation with 60% faster inspections and maximized asset recovery.