Shelf Life Validation on Manufacturing Date

The manufacture date can be used to check that current product is received within X number of days of being manufactured. For example, if an item was manufactured 30 days ago it may be considered too old and should not be included in the current inventory.

To perform this shelf life validation, the application subtracts the manufacture date entered from the date of the receipt. If the resulting number is greater or equal to the Inbound Shelf Life value configured for the item, a message will display to the operator and the receipt will not be allowed. For Example:

• Inbound Shelf Life = 14 (defined on the item)
• Date of receiving = February 16
• Manufacture Date input at receiving = February 1 (in the same year)

Result: The calculated value is 15 (February 16 minus February 1).

Since this (15) is greater than the Inbound Shelf Life (14), the receipt is rejected because it was manufactured too many days prior to being received.