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Product group batch/serial numbers

This tab only appears if you have selected Items use batch or serial numbers on the Details tab.

Entering Batch/Serial number settings

Open: Stock Control > Stock Maintenance > Product Groups.

1. Click Add.

   The Add New Product Group window appears.

2. Select the Batch/Serial Numbers tab.

3. Select either Batch numbers or Serial numbers for the item.

   • Batch numbers.

     Select this to trace items in groups (e.g. wallpaper rolls).

   • A sale may only be from a single batch

     Select this to make sure a quantity sold to a customer is supplied from a single batch. This ensures the required item quantity all use the same batch number. You cannot select this if you have chosen to Allow negative stock.

     This is applied when processing sales orders. It is not applied when recording stock in and out in the Stock Control module.

     These items are exclude from the automated purchase order generation process.

     Clear this option to make up the required quantity from several item batches.

   • Serial Numbers

     Select this to trace a single item using a serial number.

     Serial numbered items cannot be used in conjunction with trade units of measure.

4. Select Allow duplicate numbers to use duplicate batch/serial numbers. You would use this if you are receiving stock with the same serial numbers from several suppliers.

   Clear this option to make sure you use unique batch/serial numbers.

5. You can record additional information about traceable items. Select from the following:

• Alternative references.

  Select this to add an alternative reference to a transaction.

  For example, if you are buying mobile phone handsets to sell on as a phone package with a phone number, you would enter the handset serial number when it is recorded into stock. This is the primary reference number. When you allocate the phone number to the handset for sale, you would enter the phone number as the item's alternative reference.

  If your customer loses the phone, they will be able to give you the phone number and you can then trace the handset serial number.

  Alternative references simply provide you with the ability to trace stock items, based on two references rather than just one reference.

• Sell by dates.

  Select this add a sell by date to an item as it is recorded into stock.

• Use by dates

  Select this to add a use by date to an item as it is recorded into stock.

Note: Items that pass their Sell by or Use by date can still be sold or issued, as long as you have not chosen Sell by or Use by date as the fulfilment method. Stock items that have Sell by or Use by date set as the fulfilment method cannot be allocated to a sales order once the sell by or use by date has passed.

6. Enter your Batch Attributes if applicable.

   You can record variations between examples of the same stock item or batch using batch attributes. For example, if you have a quality control process, you can set up attributes for each person who carries out the quality checks on your stock.

   To create batch attributes:

   1. Click on the Batch attributes grid.
   2. Type in the name of the first attribute.
   3. If an attribute must be used in the product group, select the Compulsory checkbox.
   4. The In Use check box is selected by default. This indicates that the system can use the batch attribute. If you do not want to use the attribute in the product group, deselect the check box.

   You can also view and edit your batch and serial attributes from any window where a stock item's batch and serial numbers are displayed.

   Note: If you delete an attribute from the product group, the attribute details entered on stock items in the group are deleted.

7. To continue to enter your product group settings, select the Searching tab.

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