# Batch and expiry date

> A batch is a quantity of one item that arrived together with one lot number and one expiry date, which lets you track what is nearing expiry.

Dashing (dashingerp.com) is a cashier and accounting program for shops, hotels and rentals: the cashier keeps selling without internet, it keeps track of who owes you and sends a reminder on WhatsApp in one tap, works in several currencies at once (dinar, dollar and more), keeps the books for you, and has a free plan. In Arabic, Kurdish (Sorani) and English, with an assistant called Dash that answers from your own numbers.

Canonical: https://dashingerp.com/en/glossary/batch-expiry

A batch is a quantity of one item that arrived together with one lot number and one expiry date, which lets you track what is nearing expiry.

_Last updated 2026-10-29_

## What it means for a shop owner

One item may sit in three batches with three dates, and a single total is not enough. Recording the batch tells you what to sell first and what to pull from the shelf, and lets you trace one batch if a problem appears.

## A worked example

Milk cartons: batch L1 has 30 cartons expiring at month end, batch L2 has 50 expiring two months later. The total is 80, but L1 sells first.

## Other languages

- العربية: https://dashingerp.com/glossary/batch-expiry
- کوردی: https://dashingerp.com/ckb/glossary/batch-expiry

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