
Dear Experts,
I have a client with Grocery Business and wants to maintain stocks with expiry but without enabling batch in D365. This client is also using AWMS enabled warehouse. Reason for not enabling the batch is that item barcodes does not provide details for Batch neither Batch barcodes are printed on Parent Product that could be scanned while receiving rather entering batch number manually. If we start printing batch barcodes and putting on Parent product then in case of opening the parent and splitting pieces for transfer and distribution, batch have to be entered manually while transferring and transfer receiving. Manual entry required to be avoided.
I require your opinions in developing the solution. Kindly suggest what could possibly be the solution to be developed or adopted out of the box to manage expiry dates without batch?
Regards,
Afnan Ahmad
Hello Afnan
Which item costing and picking strategy you are using? it should be FEFO or FIFO with the batch for the grocery business to track the cost on a first in first out basis and also track the item on the expiry basis so that the product which expiry is near can be sold first.
from your question, your main concern looks like you don't want user to enter the batch number manually in during the wms process and also want to track the expiry date. but i will suggest that you use the auto batch number functionality on the items which are wms enabled and you want to track the expiry for them. in this way when the user will do the picking work from the wms app, the system will auto-create the bach number with work creation.
if you are looking for the barcode printing option for the batch, check the following link