Shelf life and shelf life expiry
Some inventory has a shelf life period and a shelf life expiry date.
Shelf life is the period of time (months, years, quarters of years, hard dates, etc.) for which parts and materials can be stored and during which they retain their chemical properties. After that, they lose some of their properties and can no longer be used.
Shelf life expiry indicates the date by which a given piece of inventory must be used. The shelf life for parts is defined by engineers in the part definition. The shelf life for a part can be changed in the edit Part Details page.
When inventory with that part number is received, the shelf life expiry date is automatically calculated by combining the manufactured date that's entered with the shelf life of the part. You can also enter the shelf life expiry date manually or edit the shelf life expiry on the Inventory Details page.
When an ordered inventory item is received from a vendor and its remaining shelf life before expiry is below the percentage your organization allows (as configured in the PERCENT_SHELF_LIFE_WARNING parameter), the item is routed to quarantine. If items are shipped between internal supply locations, their remaining shelf life is not assessed unless you set the SHELF_LIFE_REMAINING_VALIDATED_FOR_INTERNAL_SHIPMENT parameter to true.
Shelf-life Expiry is mandatory when you manually create inventory for a part with shelf life information by clicking the Create Inventory button on the Part Details page. If you enter the Manufactured Date, the shelf-life expiry date is automatically calculated as the sum of the manufactured date and the shelf-life defined on the part. If you enter the shelf-life expiry date, the auto-calculation is stopped and overriden.
In the warehouse, if the shelf life of an item is approaching its expiry date, it's displayed on the storeroom manager's Pending Expiry tab. Once an inventory item's shelf life has expired, its status changes to CONDEMN.