This section covers the following topics:

• About Managing Pharma Samples
• About Samples and Lot Numbers
• About Scenarios for Managing Samples
• Scenario 1: Administrator Establishes a Master Inventory
• Scenario 2: Administrator and End Users Establish a Master Inventory
• Scenario 3: Users Transfer Samples to One Another
• Prerequisites for Managing Samples
• About Samples Transactions
• Defining Lot Numbers for Samples
• Establishing an Initial Inventory
• Managing Inventory Tracking and Reconciliation Without Lot Numbers
• Creating a Samples Transfer
• Monitoring Samples Activities
• Adjusting a Past Samples Transaction
• Checking Electronic Signatures
• About Establishing an Initial Inventory Count (End User)
• Creating a Samples Order (End User)
• Acknowledging Receipt of a Samples Transfer (End User)
• Adjusting an Inventory Count (End User)
• Recording Thefts and Losses (End User)
• Reconciling an Inventory Period (End User)