diff --git a/content/applications/inventory_and_mrp/inventory/management/lots_serial_numbers/expiration_dates.rst b/content/applications/inventory_and_mrp/inventory/management/lots_serial_numbers/expiration_dates.rst index f2c5374f3..ba872bcea 100644 --- a/content/applications/inventory_and_mrp/inventory/management/lots_serial_numbers/expiration_dates.rst +++ b/content/applications/inventory_and_mrp/inventory/management/lots_serial_numbers/expiration_dates.rst @@ -1,66 +1,65 @@ -======================= -Manage expiration dates -======================= +================ +Expiration Dates +================ -In many companies, products have expiration dates and they should be -tracked based on those dates. In the food industry, for example, -tracking stocks based on expiration dates is mandatory to avoid selling -expired products to customers. +In many companies, products have expiration dates and they should be managed based on those dates. +In the food industry, for example, tracking and managing product stock based on expiration dates is +mandatory to avoid selling expired products to customers. -With Odoo, you can track your products based on their expiration dates, -even if they are already tracked by lots or serial numbers. +With Odoo, you can track and manage your products based on their expiration dates, even if they are +already tracked by lots or serial numbers. -Configurations -============== +Configuration +============= Application configuration ------------------------- -To use expiration dates tracking, open the *Inventory* application and -go to :menuselection:`Configuration --> Settings` and activate the *Lots & Serial -Numbers* and *Expiration Dates* features. +To use expiration date tracking, open the *Inventory* application and go to +:menuselection:`Configuration --> Settings` and activate the *Lots & Serial Numbers* and *Expiration +Dates* features. .. image:: media/expiration_dates_01.png - :align: center + :align: center Product configuration --------------------- -Now, you have the possibility to define different dates in the -*inventory tab* of the product form: +Now, you can define different dates in the *inventory tab* of the product form: -- Product Use Time: it’s the number of days before the goods start deteriorating, without being dangerous yet. It will be computed using the lot/serial number; - -- Product Life Time: refers to the number of days before the goods may become dangerous and must not be consumed. It will be computed on the lot/serial number; - -- Product Removal Time: shows the number of days before the goods should be removed from the stock. It will be computed on the lot/serial number; - -- Product Alert Time: refers to the number of days before an alert should be raised on the lot/serial number. +- Product Use Time: the number of days before the goods start deteriorating, without being + dangerous. This is used to calculate the Best before date on each lot/serial number received. +- Product Life Time: the number of days before the goods may become dangerous and must not be + consumed. This is used to calculate the Expiration date on each lot/serial number received. +- Product Removal Time: shows the number of days before the goods should be removed from the stock. + This is used to calculate the Removal date on each lot/serial number received. +- Product Alert Time: refers to the number of days before an alert should be raised on the + lot/serial number. This is used to calculate the Alert date on each lot/serial number received. + Once the Alert date is reached, an Activity is assigned on the relevant lot/serial number to the + Responsible user defined on the Product. .. image:: media/expiration_dates_02.png - :align: center + :align: center Expiration Date on Lots/Serial Numbers ====================================== -When receiving a product in stock, the dates will automatically be -updated on the corresponding lot/serial number. This update will be -based on the reception date of the product and the times set on the -product form. +When receiving a product into inventory, the dates will automatically be updated on the +corresponding lot/serial number. These updates will be based on the receipt date of the product and +the days set on the product form. .. image:: media/expiration_dates_03.png - :align: center + :align: center .. image:: media/expiration_dates_04.png - :align: center + :align: center Expiration Alerts ================= -You can access all your expiration alerts from the *inventory* app. To -do so, go to :menuselection:`Master Data --> Lots/Serial Numbers`. There, you can use -the pre-existing filter that shows all the lots/serial numbers that -exceeded their alert date. +You can access expiration alerts from the *inventory* app. To do so, go to :menuselection:`Master +Data --> Lots/Serial Numbers`. There, you can use the pre-existing filter to show all the +lots/serial numbers that have exceeded their respective alert dates. .. image:: media/expiration_dates_05.png - :align: center \ No newline at end of file + :align: center