Sage 100 has added three (3) new reports to the Inventory Reports list to help manage the new tracking features. You can also modify each item individually should you require different tracking needs for different products.
Only after Sage 100 Product Update 1 has been installed will transactions start to capture the lot and serial information. Below are the setup options.
You can Require Expiration Dates that are entered when an item is added into Stock.
Select expiration dates to be calculated by:
Days
Months
Years
Don't Calculate
Don’t calculate (see image below) lets you manually enter in a date at the time of receiving an item, otherwise the dates are calculated based on the following;
Allows you to use sell by date feature. The Sell-By-Date will be determined by subtracting the days, month or years from the expiration date.
In Sales Order entry, the Sell by Date will determine if an item can be sold and will display a warning if the sell by date is expired.
Let’s you calculate the use by date. You can set the use by date to be based on the numbers of days before or after the expiration date, but you cannot use both.
Let’s you calculate the Return-By-Date based on the date. If you use “Don’t Calc” then the expiration date will be used instead. Like Sales Order Sell-By-Date, the following dates determine if an item can be returned based on your settings.
New fields have been added to the following data entry files:
Lot and Serial Distribution ScreensTo change items expiration dates for individual items. Open Item Maintenance -> More Button -> Lot/Serial Expiration and make any changes needed.
Three new reports were added to help you monitor, report and understand what is going on your serial items. You can find these new reports under Inventory Module ->Reports
Lot and Serial Expiration Status Report – Can be used in Sage Task Scheduler to runLot Serial Transaction History Report – Can be used in Sage Task Scheduler to run
Lot Serial Customer Recall Report – Cannot be used in Sage Task Scheduler
Don’t forget to set the new security roles for users.
Open Library Master -> Main -> Role Maintenance. Under Security Events -> Inventory Management there are two new Security Events.
Allow Lot/Serial will display a warning to the user based permissions.
If the user does not have permission and chooses a serial/lot item with an expired date, they will receive this message within the Lot/Serial Distribution screens.
If the user has permission and chooses a serial/lot item with an expired date, they will receive this message within the Lot/Serial Distribution screens.
If they have “Allow Modifying of Lot/Serial Expiration Date” an additional icon will appear in Inventory Management -> Costs Detail Tab allowing the entry of a New Expiration Date.
With these new features enabled, tracking lots and serials expiration dates just got easier and efficient.
Need help setting up these new features? Contact us so we can help you get better connected with the new features.
Many new features in Sage 100 2020.1 were either suggested by existing customers via the Sage 100 Ideas website or solicited through feedback from Sage Authorized Partners on behalf of clients - so keep your great ideas coming!