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About Samples and Lot Numbers
The use of product samples for product promotion by pharmaceutical companies around the world is governed by local country legislations. Siebel Samples Management maintains a samples transaction record for every sample transfer, receipt, disbursement, order, and inventory adjustment. The following three options are available to customers who are implementing Siebel Samples Management:
- Use Lot numbers for samples creation, transfer, adjustment, order, disbursement, inventory, and reconciliation.
This option is the default setting. It is made possible with the system preferences settings shown on the following table.
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Lots for Disperse Only |
FALSE |
Sample Lots Enabled |
TRUE |
NOTE: An administrator sets system preferences by navigating to the Application Administration screen > System Preferences view.
- Use Lot numbers for samples creation, transfer, adjustment, order, disbursement, but do not use lot numbers for inventory and reconciliation.
This option is made possible with the system preferences settings shown on the following table.
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Lots for Disperse Only |
TRUE |
Sample Lots Enabled |
TRUE |
In addition to these system preference changes, a Siebel administrator must use Siebel Tools to control product visibility associated with this behavior. For more information, see Configuring Siebel Life Sciences.
NOTE: The Lot# Tracking flag on the Product Administration screen must be checked.
- Do not use lot numbers for samples management at all.
This option is made possible with the system preferences settings shown on the following table.
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Lots for Disperse Only |
FALSE |
Sample Lots Enabled |
FALSE |
The Lot# Tracking flag on the Product Administration screen does not have to be checked.
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