Assay%

The presence, absence, or quantity of one or more components, usually expressed as a percentage.

Formulations may require a minimum assay percentage. These values are reviewed prior to allocating or picking stock from inventory.

Grade

Identifies the quality or physical properties of an inventory quantity. Graded products include raw materials, intermediates, and finished goods.

Formulations may require a minimum grade. These values are reviewed prior to allocating or picking stock from inventory. Grade may determine the price charged for the finished product.

Expire Date

The expiration date for items that eventually spoil, and for pharmaceuticals that lose potency over time.

If you try to allocate, ship, or issue expired inventory, you get an error message. If expired inventory is recertified, assign a new expiration date in Inventory Detail or Multi-Lot Attribute Update.

Receipt Status

The default receipt status for the order.

Items may require a status assigned to them upon receipt. For example, dangerous or fragile items may need quarantine or inspection before shipment or component issue. Define status codes in Inventory Status Code Maintenance (1.1.1).

Active

Indicates whether the inventory status code entered in Receipt Status should override status assigned in item, site, and location data.

Use this field to override default settings assigned in item, site, and location data records. See Inventory Attribute Active Field for more information.

Batch

An arbitrary number for tracking a quantity scheduled to be produced or in production. See Using Work Order Batch Control for information on using batch numbers.

You can use batch numbers for tracking a group of lots or a portion of a lot. The system does not validate batch number, but you can report on batches with Work Order Batch Browse (1.22.9).

Single Lot

Determines whether each receipt from a work order should be assigned to a single lot. This is a default setting you can change at receipt. Single Lot also appears in Purchase Order Maintenance. See Using Lot Control for details.

For additional control, you can force each receipt to be received into a single lot by setting to Yes.

If the order is for a serialized item, this field is automatically set to Yes and cannot be changed. You cannot change this setting under the following conditions: once items have been received against this order (line item for POs), for rework or expense work orders (type R or E), or if the order is part of a joint work order set.

Lot Number

The lot number for this work order. Enter a lot number in this field. See Using Lot Control for information on using lot numbers.

When Single Lot is No, you can enter a lot number for this work order. The system validates this field for uniqueness when Lot Level is set to 1 or 2. With the above conditions met, entering a lot number at order reserves that number in the lot master.