Accurate returns keep inventory reliable Returns processing is where inventory accuracy goes sideways quietly. It doesn't happen all at once. It happens one 'I'll sort it later' at a time, until you're sitting on a discrepancy report wondering how you ended up with 14 phantom units in a bin that should have 6. The core problem isn't the returns themselves. It's that most receiving workflows were designed around inbound freight, not random stuff coming back in beat-up polybags