Lot Status

The lot status indicates whether a lot is on hold or available for shipping. For example, to fill a sales order, you might need to search for a tested lot that meets customer specifications. When a lot passes quality inspection and meets the specifications, it is available for shipment to that customer.

The lot status depends on the processing option settings for failed and passed lots:

• You can set processing options for failed and passed lot status, so that the system prevents the lots from being sold or shipped until the testing is finished and the lots pass inspection.

• You can set a processing option to hold the lot as soon as it is brought into inventory, regardless of whether it passed quality testing or has not yet been tested.

  For example, you might use a lot status of Q to indicate that the lot quantity has not been tested. In a purchasing scenario, the lot status, along with a user-defined business process, prevents untested lots from being used by manufacturing. After you test the lot of purchased materials, you might change its status to F, to indicate that it failed inspection, or blank, to indicate that it passed inspection and is available. Alternatively, you might define a business process to indicate that another lot status represents material that can be used. You should be aware, however, that only blank lot statuses are considered available.

If you do not set processing options for failed and passed lot status, the system allows all lots to be sold or shipped. Any program that selects items from inventory can select the lots because the system considers them to be available.

The system allows free form entry of test results for tests that have these characteristics:

• Alphanumeric display format (the Numeric option on the Test Definition Revisions form is not selected).

• User-defined code list not set up.

For tests that are not set up with a user-defined code list, the lot passes when any value other than Blank appears in the test result.