In specific scenarios, pharmaceutical companies may need to ship expired or rejected material to different sites across the company or a third party (for example, for the disposal of unused or expired medication or sampling to external Labs). Therefore, Life Sciences Supply Chain Management allows users to create sales orders, transfer orders, or transfer journals to ship:
Expired material, that is, batches and sub-batches for which the Expiration date is in the past.
Blocked sub-batches, that is, sub-batches for which the Stopped parameter is enabled.
Material with a Batch disposition code that does not allow for the shipment (for example, rejected or quarantined):
Upon sales orders, if the Sales > Block reservation, Sales > Block picking, or Sales > Block shipping parameters in the batch disposition master are enabled.
Upon transfer orders and transfer journals, if the Transfer > Block reservation, Transfer > Block picking, or Transfer > Block shipping parameters in the batch disposition master are enabled.
Sales orders
It is possible to configure sales order subtypes in the Order subtypes form (Sales and marketing > Setup > Sales orders > Order subtypes) and define which type of material each subtype shall allow shipping by configuring the following information:
Ignore > Batch disposition code: if enabled, sales orders of this subtype will allow shipping material with a disposition code that does not allow shipment.
Ignore > Expiration date: if enabled, sales orders of this subtype will allow shipping of expired material.
Ignore > Stopped sub batch: if enabled, sales orders of this subtype will allow shipping stopped sub batches.
Editing > Block editing: if enabled, users will not be allowed to manually update the Ignore parameters for sales orders of this subtype. If disabled, users will be allowed to override the default subtype values at the sales order level.
The subtype can be selected upon sales order creation in the Order subtype field (General FastTab in the Create sales order form). If no order subtype is selected for the sales order, the Ignore parameters are disabled by default.
Example
Order subtypes can be set up as follows:
Order subtype | Ignore Expiration date | Ignore Batch disposition code | Ignore Stopped sub batch | Block editing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Shipment | No | No | No | Yes |
Destruction | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Upon sales order creation, the user can select the appropriate sales order subtype:
If the “Shipment” subtype is selected, the order will not allow expired or rejected material shipping.
If the “Destruction” subtype is selected, the order will allow expired or rejected material shipping. Authorized users will be able to override the default Ignore values manually.
Transfer orders
It is possible to enable the following parameters upon creation of a transfer order (Transfer orders form, Setup tab):
Ignore > Expiration date: allows the transfer of expired material.
Ignore > Batch disposition code: allows the transfer of material with a batch disposition code configured to block transfer reservation, picking, or shipping.
Ignore > Stopped sub-batch: allows the transfer of stopped sub-batches.
Transfer journals
It is possible to enable the following parameters upon creation of a transfer journal (Transfer form, Setup tab):
Ignore > Expiration date: allows the transfer of expired material.
Ignore > Batch disposition code: allows the transfer of material with a batch disposition code configured to block transfer reservation, picking, or shipping.
Ignore > Stopped sub-batch: allows the transfer of stopped sub-batches.