Never Let Products Expire on the Shelf Again

Track expiration dates across your entire inventory with automated FEFO picking, real-time expiration alerts, and proactive shelf life management. Reduce waste, ensure freshness, and maintain compliance.

Complete Expiration Date Management

Everything you need to track shelf life, automate FEFO picking, and prevent expired inventory

FEFO Picking Automation

Automatically prioritize inventory with the earliest expiration dates for picking. First Expired, First Out (FEFO) picking ensures products ship while still fresh and reduces waste from expired inventory.

  • Automatic FEFO lot selection during order fulfillment
  • Visual picking guides showing expiration-prioritized locations
  • Override controls with reason codes for exceptions
  • FEFO compliance reporting for audits

Real-Time Expiration Alerts

Receive proactive notifications before products expire. Configure alert thresholds by product, category, or customer requirements to take action while inventory is still sellable.

  • Customizable expiration warning thresholds
  • Email and in-app expiration notifications
  • Escalating alerts as expiration approaches
  • Dashboard widget for expiring inventory

Shelf Life Tracking

Track remaining shelf life for every lot in your inventory. Monitor shelf life from production through shipping, and set minimum shelf life requirements for customer orders.

  • Automatic shelf life calculation from production date
  • Minimum shelf life requirements by customer
  • Remaining days to expiration visibility
  • Shelf life reporting and analytics

Expiration Analytics & Reporting

Gain visibility into expiration trends, waste reduction, and FEFO compliance. Track expiration-related metrics to optimize inventory turnover and reduce spoilage.

  • Expiration inventory aging reports
  • Waste and spoilage tracking
  • FEFO compliance metrics
  • Shelf life trend analysis

Lot-Level Expiration Management

Track expiration dates at the lot level with complete traceability. Capture expiration dates at receiving, production, and throughout the product lifecycle.

  • Expiration capture at receiving
  • Production date to expiration calculation
  • Lot expiration inheritance through production
  • Expiration-based lot holds and quarantine

Automated Expiration Workflows

Automate actions based on expiration status. Automatically quarantine expired inventory, trigger reorder points, or create disposition workflows for near-expiry products.

  • Automatic expired inventory quarantine
  • Near-expiry disposition workflows
  • Expiration-triggered reorder alerts
  • Automated write-off processing

Why Manufacturers Choose Fiddle for Expiration Tracking

Reduce waste, ensure product freshness, and maintain customer trust with proactive expiration management

Reduce Waste by up to 30%

Minimize expired inventory waste with FEFO picking and proactive alerts. Ship older inventory first and take action before products expire.

Customer Compliance Ready

Meet minimum shelf life requirements for retail and distribution customers. Ensure products arrive with adequate remaining shelf life.

Complete Expiration Visibility

See exactly when every lot expires across all locations. Never be surprised by expired inventory again.

Automated FEFO Compliance

Eliminate manual expiration tracking with automated FEFO picking that ensures oldest inventory ships first, every time.

Quality & Freshness Assurance

Protect your brand by ensuring customers always receive fresh products within their expected shelf life.

Streamlined Expiration Operations

Reduce time spent manually tracking expiration dates with automated alerts, picking, and disposition workflows.

Trusted by Manufacturers for Expiration Management

See how brands reduce waste and ensure freshness with Fiddle

We've reduced our expired inventory waste by 40% since implementing Fiddle's FEFO picking. The expiration alerts give us time to take action before products expire.

Warehouse Manager
Warehouse Manager, Food Manufacturer

Our retail customers require minimum 60-day shelf life. Fiddle automatically ensures we never ship products that don't meet their requirements, saving us from chargebacks and complaints.

Operations Director
Operations Director, Consumer Goods Company

Ready to Eliminate Expired Inventory Waste?

See how Fiddle's expiration tracking software can reduce waste, automate FEFO picking, and ensure product freshness. Schedule a personalized demo today.

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