How to Setup Product Expiry Date in Odoo 13

How to Setup Product Expiry Date in Odoo 13

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Expiration is always related to stocks. A standard and qualified product will have some important dates related to its expiry. We need a serial number or lot concept to separately identify each stock of the product. So, the first move is to configure the serial number or lot.


Setup lot/serial number

To set up a lot and serial number we have to have it checked in the settings of inventory.

Inventory -> Configuration -> Settings -> Lot & serial numbers


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After saving this, we shall go to a product that we are about to track. There we have an option under the ‘Inventory’ tab for opting for the tracking method.


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Here we shall select any one of the options.

    * Suppose if we select the option of “By unique serial number” we will have to give unique numbers to the products that are coming to our stock.

    * If we select the option of “By Lots” we can have a number of products under one lot number.


Now when we make a purchase order we will have to give serial number/lot at the time of stock receiving.

For that click here,


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Then a popup window will appear. There you can assign the serial number.


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After confirming the serial number and done quantity. We can we the Traceability Report of this product. For that click on “Traceability”.


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When we click on it we will get the Traceability Report of that particular product.


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We are able to see this serial number in Inventory -> Master Data -> Lot/serial number.


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Click on it.


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Here we can see the full details of that product with a unique serial number.

Now when we sell this product we can sell it by the serial number.

At the time of sale order picking, we have to give a serial number.


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So this is how we configure lots and serial numbers in Odoo 13.


Set an Expiry date for a product

After setting Lot and serial number, we shall move on to set the Expiry date for a product.

For that, we shall go to Inventory -> Settings -> Expiration dates


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After saving this we shall go to the product page, under the Inventory tab, we have the options for adding the important dates regarding the product.


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Here we have,

    * Product use time: That is the number of days before the goods can become hazardous and must not be used.

    * Product lifetime: That is the number of days before the degradation of the items, without being dangerous even

    * Product removal time: This is the number of days before the items were to be taken out of order.

    * Product alert time: This is the number of days to be informed of the warning.


So when we create a new serial number to this product these dates are automatically recorded and kept in the lot and a serial number of that product. And if we didn’t mention these dates at the time of product creation we can set it at the time of creating a lot and serial number for that product.

For that go to Inventory -> Master data -> Lot & Serial Number


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Here we can set all the important dates regarding the Product.


So this is all about the setting up of the Expiry date in Odoo 13.

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