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Set Expiration Date Check

In this step, you set the material shelf life expiration date check for goods receipts for each plant and movement type.

Prerequisites

The shelf life expiration date of a material can only be entered if:

General Procedure

If the shelf life check expiration date check is active, you must enter the shelf life expiration date or the production date of the material at the time of a goods receipt.

At the time of goods receipt, the system checks whether the remaining shelf life is sufficient. If this is not the case, a warning or error message is issued, depending on the system settings.

When the goods receipt is posted, the shelf life expiration date is recorded in the material document.

Materials handled in batches:

For materials handled in batches, the date is also stored in the batch master record.

For a further goods receipt for a batch, the shelf life expiration date entered or determined with the movement is compared with the one from the batch master record. If the dates differ, a warning or error message is issued, depending on the system settings.
If the goods receipt is posted despite any warning, the old shelf life expiration date in the batch master record is overwritten by the new one.

Fields in the Material Master Record

In the material master record, the following fields are relevant for the shelf life expiration date check:

You will find both fields in the storage data of the material master record.

Example

A material has a minimum remaining shelf life of 10 days and a total shelf life of 20 days.

You enter the goods receipt of a new batch on 7/10 and enter 7/1 as production date. The system calculates the shelf life expiration date 07/21 from the production date plus total shelf life (20 days).
The batch still has a remaining shelf life of 11 days. The goods receipt is accepted.

Standard Settings

The shelf life expiration date check is not active in the standard system.

Activities

1. Specify
2. In the step
Define system message attributes , set the following messages:
For each user group, you can define the type of message issued: