Sage 50

Sage 50 Manufacturing includes a special routine for managing raw materials/components which should be put into quarantine before being released into stock. The item must first be flagged as a 'quarantine' item in the Product Information record. On receipt, the program will automatically default to 'Quarantine' as appropriate although this may be overwritten if required. The program now updates the Purchase Order Status (to prevent possible chasing of orders already received) but does not update the Stock or create a GRN record. As the item does not appear in free stock, it will not be considered by MRP nor will it be available for allocation or issue. The item is held in Quarantine until it has been inspected and 'Passed'.

In the example above, 18 would be released into stock (and a GRN Record created) and 2 would be adjusted against the deliveries made on the appropriate Purchase Order.

Sage 200

There is no specific routine in Sage 200 Manufacturing to manage stock passing through quarantine. However, it is possible to designate a warehouse as 'Quarantine' and then prevent it from being available to MRP or for allocation and issue, by setting that 'quarantine' location as not a 'valid warehouse'. When goods have been inspected they must be manually transferred from the 'quarantine' warehouse to their valid location.

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