Product traceability
The Odoo platform finds the need of the tracking and traceability needed for the
both in house as well as the outhouse operations of the company. The Odoo software
allows the users to assign serial as well as lot numbers in the aspects of traceability
into the products being purchased in the platform. The serial as well as the lot
number can be assigned based on the customized descriptions and the Odoo platform
has provisions to automate the operations. The traceability factor of the Odoo platform
also enables the removal factors of the products in the company.
The serial and lot number can be used in the platform after enabling the lots and
serial number option available in the settings menu of the inventory module.
As the lots and serial number options are enabled the us can now assign them on
the purchase orders created. To demonstrate a purchase order is created and confirmed
and when the user is set to validate the delivery he/ she has the option to assign
the lots and serial numbers beside the down quantities of the products.
The serial numbers and the lot numbers can be assigned directly from the window,
by selecting add a line in the pop up menu and describing the serial number or the
lost number in the description.
Operational Types
The operational types of the Odoo platform described will determine the operation
of the lots and serial numbers in the platform. The operational types menu can be
accessed from the configuration menu of the inventory module. The existing operational
types can be edited and worked on.
The user also has the option to create a new operational type based on the company
operational terminologies. Under the traceability in each of the operational types
the functions such as provision to create a new serial and lot number or use existing
serial or lot number can be enabled.
Tracking and traceability based on lot and serial numbers
The Odoo platform allows the users to track the products on their movements, their
usage in the company documents, the financial aspects regarding it and many more
using the serial and lot numbers available in the product description.
The lost and serial number menu can be accessed from the inventory module under
the products tab. In the lots and serial numbers menu the user can view all the
allocations in the platform.
On selecting one the user can view how the serial number has been defined in the
company and the operations allocated and done with it.
The traceability report of the respective serial number can be generated by selecting
the traceability menu icon available in the serial number window.
In case the user needs to know the exact location of the product the user can select
the location menu available form the serial number window. Here it will describe
the track of the locations where all the product has been moved on based on the
operations.
Product Expiry
The consumable or the storable product will have an expiry date after which they
become useless, damaged or perishable. So is the necessity of every company to manage
the products based on the expiry dates since they should initiate any losses. The
Odoo platform recognizes the need of this where the user will be able to set up
the expiry dates on the purchase of the products.
The expiry date management in Odoo is done based on the operation of the lots and
serial number based operations. To enable the expiration date onto the products
available the user has to initially enable the settings for the same in the settings
window of the inventory module.
In the product description window under the inventory menu the user now has the
provision to set the expiration date . The option is enabled only if the tracking
for the product is either made by the lot or serial numbers. Enable the expiration
date icon and the user can view all the expiration date parameters available such
as expiration time, best before, removal time and alert time all in dates after
the purchase of the products.
The expiration alerts can be viewed in the lots and serial numbers menu which can
be filtered for the expiration alert option available thus the user can view all
the expiring products in the short duration. In addition, this is an indication
tool for the company's inventory which deals with perishable products.