Simple Lot Tracking & Expirations Dates
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Traceability Made Easy
Less spoilage, easy product recalls, efficient FIFO inventory
Less Spoilage
Know when every product will expire and quickly bring up any location holding expired products. Discard expired products for any number of reasons
Handle Product Recalls Easy
Identify product recalls and provide necessary FDA documents and statistics for each lot within your warehouse. Log any product lot movement
FIFO Inventory Method for Lots
Using first in first out on the visual warehouse layout will keep your inventory rotating through with oldest product picked first every time across multiple bin locations
What is Lot Tracking & Traceability?
When it comes to storage of perishable items, you'll need a way to identify when something expires so it can be removed from regular stock. Not only is this a requirement for any food supplier but it helps you maintain and cycle through an efficient inventory process. Here's what you need to know about lot tracking and expiration dates and how it's used.
Used In Manufacturing
When a manufacturer produces foods, the ingredients and batch date are assigned to the production run. That batch number is used to create a lot number for all inventory pertaining to the specific batch produced. This lot number is transferred with each transfer of inventory along the supply chain.
Used With These Products
Food & beverage
Drugs & medical supplies
Certain electronics
Vitamins & supplements
Chemicals
Cosmetics
Connected to Inventory
Whenever a new lot comes into the warehouse, the lot associated with that inventory, and the expiration date assigned to the lot are attached with that inventory and carried with the products to a bin location within the warehouse so it can be tracked around the warehouse.
Helps with Recalls
When the manufacturer of an item realizes their product has not met the standards of the FDA they will issue a recall. The recall will be sent out to anyone who has recently purchased the related affected lot numbers. If you have taken ownership of the lot affected, it is your responsibility to remove the lot from your current inventory. Having lot traceability in place will enable you to search for the lot and view all current locations within the warehouse storing this product so it can be removed.
Reduces Spoilage
Using lot tracking with expiration dates inside your WMS or inventory system helps reduce spoilage by better tracking which items need to leave the warehouse before expiring. Keeping spoilage at a minimum reduces your overall carrying cost of inventory.
Provides Records
With a lot tracking system in place, you'll be able to see exactly where that lot was moved about through the warehouse. Importantly the records necessary for FDA and other regulatory bodies are aligned closely with the lot traceability records produced by your lot tracking software. This saves time and helps keep operations organized.
How Does SKUSavvy Handle Lot Tracking?
Lot Creation on Purchase & Check-In
During the purchasing and check-in process, perishable goods are assigned a lot number and expiration date which transfers to a bin location
Bin Locations with Lot Tracking Built-In
Each bin location within holds information about lot numbers and ensures those lots are not stored within the same bin location ensuring proper traceability
Visual Lot Tracking & Traceability Records
Handle product recalls quickly with visual identification of each lot and real-time product movement logs to identify and report on recall status across your inventory
Visual Lot Traceability
All You Need to Track Perishable Items
Your Inventory Source of Truth
Let SKUSavvy be a source of truth record for each lot coming into your warehouse
Visual Lot Traceability
View all lots for a specific product on your warehouse layout view for quick actions and easy recall
Enforced Lot Tracking Rules
Be sure no two lots for one product are confused within the warehouse with inbound lot routing
FIFO Picking
Keep your oldest product moving first with enforced picking that removes possibility for error
Expiration Date Alerts
Get notified of product that is expired within the warehouse and easily remove the product from stock
Single Bin Lot Control
Contain each lot to a different bin ensuring different lots are not confused during pick
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