Other duties of the pharmacy Inventory/Compliance Specialist include conducting cycle counts throughout the inventory management system, rotating stock, adjusting or redistributing inventory to ensure the earliest expiration dated products are used first and that unnecessary outdate waste is minimal, processing medication returns to the drug wholesaler, manufacturer, or reverse distributor, and removing recalled medications from storeroom stock. Characteristics that make the Inventory/Compliance Specialist successful include attention to detail, ability to multi-task and deal with frequent interruptions, good customer service skills, comfort with technology including barcode scanning, RFID tags, e-mail and online ordering applications.