Lot tracking is following products from the same production or import batch under a shared code. It is essential in cosmetics, food, supplements and chemicals because of expiry dates and recall obligations. When something goes wrong, knowing which batch went to which customer is the difference between destroying all the stock and isolating a single batch.
If batch information is not recorded at goods-in, it cannot be reconstructed later. Products with an expiry date should be shipped on a first-in-first-out basis; otherwise stock past its shelf life piles up at the back and turns into dead stock. Businesses selling in the cosmetics and food categories need to archive the batch and analysis documents that come from the supplier. For products shipped into a marketplace warehouse, which batch went where has to be tracked separately as well.
If batch information is not recorded at goods-in, it cannot be reconstructed later. Products with an expiry date should be shipped on a first-in-first-out basis; otherwise stock past its shelf life piles up at the back and turns into dead stock. Businesses selling in the cosmetics and food categories need to archive the batch and analysis documents that come from the supplier. For products shipped into a marketplace warehouse, which batch went where has to be tracked separately as well.
If batch information is not recorded at goods-in, it cannot be reconstructed later. Products with an expiry date should be shipped on a first-in-first-out basis; otherwise stock past its shelf life piles up at the back and turns into dead stock. Businesses selling in the cosmetics and food categories need to archive th…
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