Lot Number Sequence

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Overview

A product attribute can be a Lot Number.

Some products require lot numbering to assure compliance with the tracking requirements imposed by the majority of industries, which implies that a given quantity of a product has always to be linked to a unique lot number.

Lot Control

A Lot Number is a unique number given to a particular quantity of a product, which can be defined to have a prefix or a suffix among other characteristics.

A Lot Number Sequence can be setup:

by defining the first number or Starting Number that will be used as Lot Number
by specifying the value by which the Lot Number will be incremented by
by defining which is the Next Assigned Number that will be used. Etendo updates the next assigned number value as the Lot Numbers are assigned.
by entering a Prefix such as Lot N?/ which easily helps to understand that the number in question is a lot number.
by entering a Suffix such as /2011 which helps to provide additional information if needed.