--- title: How an ERP Manages Shelf-Life description: Looking to learn how you can keep control of your goods and inventory? 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Inventory requires organizing, counting, scheduling, ordering, etc. Also crucial to [good inventory control](https://blog.southeastcomputers.com/the-benefits-of-good-inventory-control) is shelf-life. The shelf life of an item affects re-order rates, costs, and losses. The system you use to manage your inventory must have features that collect an item’s shelf-life data, analyzes it, and forecasts the impact on your business’s needs. **When contemplating how an ERP manages shelf-life, consider:** ## Re-order Rates Products with a long shelf-life integrate easily into long-term planning and business cycles, but products with short shelf-lives require a highly cyclical business plan. Your ERP system should account for the length of each item’s cycle and plan re-orders accordingly. A good ERP system is also customizable, allowing you to manually enter data, alter ordering parameters, create reports, set up alerts, and more. 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