Lot, batch, expiry and traceability (food)

Elements

The pieces this function usually contains in a large organisation:

• Lot capture at receipt
• Forward and backward trace
• Recall execution by lot
• FEFO? picking

Catalog items that already cover part of it

• FEFO picking INV-0062
• Waybill line lots and expiry CONN?-0058
• Batch recall INV-0063
• Batch / lot tracking INV-0034

Classification

Status

Present in catalog

Fit

Core candidate

Suggested module

INV: Inventory, Products & Purchasing

Suggested attributes

Lite and Pro; priority Standard; always offline. Starting points only.

Cluster

Distribution, supply chain and wholesale

Public excerpts

domain analysis

Archetypes and companies

Foodservice and broadline wholesale distribution; Supermarket and grocery chains; Consumer-goods makers and bottlers; Agribusiness and food processing; Quick-service, coffee and franchised restaurants.

Example companies in these archetypes: Sysco, US Foods, Performance Food Group, McLane, Core-Mark, C&S Wholesale, Kroger, Albertsons, Publix, Ahold Delhaize USA, H-E-B, Whole Foods Market. These come from general knowledge unless a source code is shown on the archetype page; it is not a statement that each company runs every element, and it implies no relationship.

Closest industry pages

• Wholesale food and grocery
• Wholesale: diversified, building and industrial supplies
• Wholesale electronics, office and technology distribution
• Grocery and supermarkets
• Household and personal products
• Beverages, brewing and bottling
• Food production and processing
• Agriculture, farming and cooperatives
• Fishing, forestry and aquaculture
• Quick-service and fast casual

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Status is a hand review against catalog names and descriptions and can be wrong. See the method.