Strategy H: Shelf Life Expiration Date

Use

With this picking strategy, the system ensures that materials with the oldest expiration date will be removed from stock first.

Prerequisites

To set up the system to manage materials with a shelf life expiration date (SLED), you need to carry out the following tasks:

  • Activate shelf life expiration date management in the Control Data section of the warehouse number record.

  • Activate picking strategy h in the storage type records concerned.

  • Maintain the data in the Storage view of the material master record.

Color Codes in the SLED Control List

If the color is

the expiration date

Green

has not yet been reached.

Yellow

is today’s date.

Red

has been exceeded.

You should use this report as a batch request for larger quantities of stock.

See also:

Shelf Life Expiration Date

Displaying Materials with a Shelf Life Expiration Date (SLED)