Within this knowledge base, there are various articles and videos that show you how to create a generic assessment, such as an arrival, dispatch and facility check. They will also prove useful when it comes to the creation of a shelf-life check; however, there are a few subtle differences...
Assessment Target Administration
Like other assessments where you're checking the quality of a product, it is still necessary to add the appropriate stock codes as targets within this page.
In addition to adding the stock codes though, you also need to EDIT them and select:
Target Days - This will be how long you expect the product to be at its best, potentially aligning with the 'best before' date printed on the packaging.
Shelf Life Days - This is usually longer than the target, as it allows you to monitor the performance of the product and should it outperform the Target Days, you can review whether that can be increased.
Remember to save your changes for them to apply because stock codes without this additional step will not be available on QC Mobile.
Assessment Question Administration
When you're adding questions, while you should still add question constraints to decide whether the questions change to Green, Amber or Red depending on the answer entered, you do not need to deduct penalties from the score.
The reason you don't need to deduct penalty points from the score is because, with shelf-life checks, typically there is one question that determines whether the assessment passes or fails. Ensure this question is mandatory (response required) and confirm it needs to Update Overall Flag.
Assessment Constraint Administration
As shelf-life checks are designed to be simple and the same questions answered each day, it's often not necessary to use this function. This is because you can select a key question from Assessment Question Administration that controls what happens to the overall QA Flag.