In 1989, GMA began to actively address the problem of unsaleable products in the supply chain. Since then, GMA has helped initiate dialogue between industry members to identify solutions to the problem. GMA has also conducted root cause studies of unsaleables, issued whitepapers on the salvage market and published a resource guide on managing unsaleables. In 2000, GMA teamed up with Food Marketing Institute to form a Joint Industry Unsaleables Steering Committee to bring full industry awareness to the issue.
GMA, FMI NACDS and CHPA sponsor the annual Joint Industry Unsaleables Management Conference to provide participants the knowledge and tools necessary to create and implement a comprehensive unsaleables management strategy. In addition, GMA and FMI produce an unsaleables newsletter to educate and update the industry on timely unsaleables issues. Read the latest issue and archived copies of Unsaleables Update below:
