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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.

  System Preference	Value
  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.

  System Preference	Value
  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.

  System Preference	Value
  Lots for Disperse Only	FALSE
  Sample Lots Enabled	FALSE

  The Lot# Tracking flag on the Product Administration screen does not have to be checked.