Lots, Expiry & Serial Numbers
How are lots, expiration dates, and serial numbers tracked?
Items that need it carry lot tracking — lot number, expiration date, remaining quantity — and serial numbers that trace back to the goods receipt that brought them in. Both are switches on the item record, so tracking depth matches the product rather than a global setting.
Referenced across4 other parts of continON
How it works
A lot records its number, expiration date, and remaining quantity, so date-sensitive stock is a set of identified batches rather than an undifferentiated pile. Serial numbers identify individual units and are traceable to the goods receipt that introduced them, which also anchors warranty questions to a real acquisition record.
Lot tracking, expiration, serial numbers, and warranty are per-item flags on the item master. A serialized electronics item and a bulk consumable can live in the same warehouse without either inheriting the other’s bookkeeping.
Expiration data works forward, not just at write-off time: items approaching expiry feed the purchase-offer builder as suggested replacement lines. Scope worth stating plainly: expiry drives visibility and purchasing suggestions — picking order is not automatically enforced by expiration date.
What the register holds
4 on the record- Lot number, expiry, remaining quantity
- Each lot is an identified batch with its own expiration and balance.
- Serials traceable to receipt
- Serial numbers link back to the goods acceptance that brought the unit in.
- Per-item switches
- Lots, expiry, serials, and warranty are enabled on the item record where they apply.
- Expiry-aware purchasing
- Items nearing expiration surface as suggestions in the purchase-offer builder.
What this touches
- Goods acceptance
Serials and lots for received goods are created traceable to the receipt. - Supplier offers
Expiration data feeds the offer builder’s replacement suggestions. - Stock write-offs
Expired lots are written off through the controlled exception flow. - Manufacturing
Production plans record an output lot for what they produce.
See lots, expiry & serial numbers running in continON.
A guided walkthrough on a sanitized demo tenant — this capability inside its module, on the shared platform.