What is Batch Tracking?
Batch tracking records each purchase lot separately with its own expiry date.
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Meaning
English
Batch tracking records each purchase lot separately with its own expiry date.
Roman Urdu
Batch tracking me har khareed ka lot apni expiry date ke saath alag rakha jata hai.
Also called lot tracking, batch and expiry, batch number tracking.
Example
A pharmacy holds two batches of the same syrup: batch A123 expiring in March and B456 expiring in September. When DRAP recalls batch A123, the pharmacy sees at once how many bottles of it are left and which bills sold it.
How it works
A batch (or lot) is a quantity made or received together, identified by the batch number on the pack. Tracking batches lets a business answer three questions a simple stock count cannot: which stock expires next, where a recalled batch went, and what each lot actually cost.
Pharmacies, food businesses, cosmetics and agri input dealers in Pakistan need it most. The work is at receiving: each purchase line must record the batch number and expiry. After that, sales, returns, transfers and write-offs should all move stock in and out of specific batches.
In Nafaa
In Nafaa batches belong to a branch. Receiving a purchase creates or tops up batches at landed cost; sales take the earliest expiry first; returns and voids put stock back; transfers carry batches to the other branch; and expiry lists, the stock report and low stock read batches per branch.
Related terms
- FEFO (First Expiry, First Out)
FEFO is the stock rule that the batch with the nearest expiry date is sold or used first, whatever order it arrived in.
- Expiry Management
Expiry management is the routine of tracking expiry dates, selling near-expiry stock in time, and removing or returning expired goods before they reach customers.
- FIFO (First In, First Out)
FIFO is the stock rule that the oldest stock is sold first.
