Hey Covers,

What is the best way to assign lot numbers to incoming products purchased and customer supplied material? I've seen it done various ways and was wondering if there was an industry standard?

Thanks,

Al

Hey Covers,

What is the best way to assign lot numbers to incoming products purchased and customer supplied material? I've seen it done various ways and was wondering if there was an industry standard?

Thanks,

Al

In companies that I have worked for we used one of two ways:

Month day year: 10182006

Cage Code (Government issued): (Cage Code)033391006(Month/Year)

But it is best to see what would work for your company.

The best system I have seen assigns the receving ticket as the lot number - this ties right into the purchasing system. I used this system about 20 years ago and it was awsome! We even modified the receving ticket to serve as an incoming inspection record.