Batches & Expiry (FEFO)

Expiry losses are a stock-control problem

Each delivery is received as a batch with its own expiry. Dispensing pulls from the batch that expires first, and lots approaching expiry raise their hand early.

Dashlead batch stock screen with expiry dates and FEFO status per lot
What it does

Built into the day-to-day

  • Every lot carries a batch number and expiry date
  • Barcoded batches for fast lookup
  • FEFO: dispensing takes the earliest-expiring stock first
  • Near-expiry and expired lots flagged in colour
  • Quantity remaining against quantity received
  • Wastage recorded with reason and value
Where the work happens

The forms and views behind it

The screens your staff actually use to run this, and what each one saves them.

Dashlead medicine batches with barcodes, expiry dates and Expired or Near-expiry status

Every lot, dated and barcoded

Expired lots in red, near-expiry in amber, the ones to move this week are obvious.

Near-expiry medicine batches flagged before they become a write-off

The near-expiry tab

One click isolates the lots approaching expiry, while there is still time to move or return them.

Expired medicine batches quarantined from dispensing

And what has already gone

Expired stock is separated out so it is never dispensed and can be written off deliberately.

Questions

Frequently asked

What is FEFO?
First-Expiry-First-Out. When a medicine is dispensed, Dashlead takes it from the batch closest to expiry, so older stock leaves the shelf before it becomes a write-off.
When does a batch count as near-expiry?
Lots approaching their expiry date are flagged automatically and surface on the pharmacy dashboard as a near-expiry count.

See Batches & Expiry (FEFO) working

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