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Perishable items normally have expiry dates and may also have batch numbers.
Pressure exists to avoid purchasing too much stock (as it may expire) and selling what you have.
See Sales Based Forecasting Training for:
- Managing purchasing
- Risk into the bin report (stock that is predicted to expire before it will be sold)
- Low Stock Report (stock that is predicted to run out before the next purchase order can be placed)
Configure your host company to support perishable Articles
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Managing perishable items in the system starts with flagging the individual articles as perishable
Now all movements of this stock movements article will require a use by date specified.
Receipting stock into the system - default expiry dates
The system provides a default expected expiry date that can be over-ridden on receipt of stock. This is also used to predict stock expiry on receipt in the Sales Based Forecasting Module.
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The value on Supplier will not cover all Articles - so those with different default use by dates are set at the Article Level. As a general rule the Article value over-rides the supplier value.
UseBy Days for Distributors you send stock to
Distributors normally require extended stock expiry compared with end customers as they plan to sell to end customers.
Hence planning for stock availability requires a combination of knowing which sales are to distributors:
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