Explanation:
Szerintem ha itt törzsvásárlókról lenne szó, akkor a core jelzőként szerepelne "core vendor" Pl. http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/1998/01/05/sma...

Bár nem tudom pontosan milyen üzleti profilról van szó, de ha a cég profiljába alkatrészek is beletartoznak, akkor itt azoknak a cseréjéről/ illetve a garancia lejárta utáni visszavásárlásáról lehet szó. Ezeket az alkatrészeket újrahasznosítják/újragyártják. A cég ennek az újrahasznosításnak gyakoriságát szeretné növelni, illetve a kereskedők által visszavásárolt alkarészek heti számára kíváncsi.


"Core - Parts, for which the warranty period has expired, bought back from ARs for GME remanufacturing processes."

"Core Return
A core comes available when an AR exchanged a part for which the warranty period has expired. The
AR determines whether he wants to return a part to the ECRC. The part is accepted as a valid core
when it meets certain requirements. First, a remanufacturing program for the part must have been set
up. For which parts a remanufacturing program has been set up can be found in Appendix 15.
Second, the part must be in a specific condition (no rust, oil is drained, etc.). Third, it must be packed
in the original packaging of a remanufactured part. All parts that meet these conditions will be
accepted as valid cores by the ECRC.
The first two requirements make sure only "useful" parts can be returned successfully. The third
requirement limits the amount of core returns. A more detailed overview is provided in Figure 13, steps
5-8."

"Increase parts availability for reuse
Warranty cores, returned from Germany, are provided to remanufacturing programs.
Remanufacturers pay a Core Value for each core returned. Extending Warranty Parts Return
enables GME to provide warranty cores from other countries to these remanufacturing
programs as well. This increases parts availability for reuse and it allows GME to receive the
core value for these parts, which partly offsets warranty spending."

"Table 1 shows the return frequency of parts from the local warehouses to the ECRC. For instance
parts from Spain (E) are returned from the local warehouse in Spain to the ECRC on a weekly basis"



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http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2008/0071410.html

"REMANUFACTURED PART CORE RETURN PROCESS AND SYSTEM Document Type and Number:United States Patent 20080071410 Kind Code:A1
Abstract:One aspect of the present invention is a computer-implemented method for processing remanufactured part cores. The method includes receiving manufactured part core inventory information. The inventory information can include an inventory forecast and an inventory level for a number of parts. The method further includes receiving a part number of a part to be processed. The part to be processed is a member of the number of parts. The method The method further includes receiving one or more business rules for processing the part to be processed. A part disposition for the part to be processed is determined based on the remanufactured part core inventory information, the one or more business rules and the part number.