Topic: Expiration Date, Serial Number, Lot Number Tracking

Forcing MRO through the same heavyweight system that runs direct material is how manufacturers end up with one of two failure modes: an ERP module so cumbersome nobody logs consumption, or a spreadsheet-and-clipboard shadow system nobody trusts. MRO inventory replenishment needs to be managed an entirely different way.

When tracking MRO consumable inventory on a shop floor, stockroom, or point-of-use, the question is rarely just how many parts you have on hand. It is which parts, from which batch, received when, and good until what date.