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How can we effectively manage the life cycle of parts in MaintainX?
I understand that we can add an expiration date to a part, but what if we have multiple quantities of the same part, each with a different expiration date?

For example, let's say I create a part called "AAA Batteries" and have 10 units in stock, but they each have different expiration dates.
How should we handle this scenario? 
Is there any feature or method in MaintainX that supports tracking expiration dates at the unit or batch level?

One possible way is to assign different batch numbers to them and put them in separately by batch. Give each batch an expiration date and remove or archive each as the expiration date arrives. The batches, if they are the same exact item, could be duplicated from previous batches. The just reassign a different batch number before saving it.

i.e.  “AAA Battery: Batch 32” Exp. 3/2025 

Click on the three dots next to edit. click “Copy to New Part”

Change name to “AAA Battery: Batch 33” Exp. 4/2025.

 

I hope this helps you.

​@James Beers  Thank you. Yes, this method can work to some extent, but it's not very efficient? Especially if you need to restock and the expiration date changes.

Same here certain parts have serial nr, purchase dates, warranty, certifications, calibrations, expiry dates etc. Sadly no efficient way to manage it at the moment unless you stick it to assets and have WO made to control it. 

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