What is Batch and expiry?
Batch and expiry tracking groups stock by production lot and records the date each lot becomes unsellable, so goods can be sold, returned or recalled by batch rather than as an undifferentiated pile.
Batch and expiry tracking groups stock by production lot and records the date each lot becomes unsellable, so goods can be sold, returned or recalled by batch rather than as an undifferentiated pile.
In Bangladesh
Pharmacies, food retail and cosmetics live with this daily. Expiry that is only visible on the physical carton becomes a write off; expiry visible in the system becomes a discount, a return to the distributor, or a decision not to reorder.
An example
A pharmacy receives 40 strips from batch A231 expiring in March. In January the aging report shows 12 unsold, still returnable to the distributor. Without batch tracking they are found on the shelf in April.
In SORS ERP
SORS ERP tracks batch and expiry through receipt, storage and sale, with stock aging reports so short dated stock is visible before it becomes a loss.
Also called
- In Bangla
- ব্যাচ ও মেয়াদ
- Also
- Lot tracking
- Also
- expiry tracking
Questions
Answered plainly, including where the answer is no.
What if a supplier does not print a batch number?
Then you cannot track it by batch, and for medicines that is a reason to question the supply. For other goods you can record a receipt reference instead, which gives you traceability back to the consignment even without a manufacturer batch.
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