Method, system and apparatus for generation of lot codes and expiry dates

A server comprising:

• a memory;
• a network interface controller for communicating with a terminal;
• and
• a processor interconnected with the memory and the network interface controller, the processor configured to:
• receive, from the terminal via the network interface controller, a request to generate a lot code for an item manufactured from at least one subcomponent, the request including one of a plurality of item identifiers for manufactured items;
• from a plurality of lot code generation rules stored in the memory each corresponding to one of the plurality of item identifiers, automatically select one of the plurality of lot code generation rules that corresponds to the item identifier included in the request, the selected rule including one or more lot code fragment definitions;
• retrieve, from the memory, at least one subcomponent attribute corresponding to the at least one subcomponent;
• retrieve data from at least one reference table stored in the memory, based on the lot code fragment definitions and the at least one subcomponent attribute;
• generate one or more lot code fragments according to the selected rule using the retrieved data;
• concatenate the generated lot code fragments to generate the lot code;
• and
• transmit, via the network interface controller, the generated lot code to the terminal for printing the generated lot code.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium for storing computer readable instructions for execution by a processor, the computer readable instructions implementing the steps of:

• receiving, from a terminal, a request to generate a lot code for an item manufactured from at least one subcomponent, the request including one of a plurality of item identifiers for manufactured items;
• from a plurality of code generation rules stored in the memory each corresponding to one of the plurality of item identifiers, automatically selecting one of the plurality of code generation rules that corresponds to the item identifier included in the request, the selected rule including one or more lot code fragment definitions;
• retrieve, from the memory, at least one subcomponent attribute corresponding to the at least one subcomponent;
• retrieving data from at least one reference table stored in the memory, based on the lot code fragment definitions and the at least one subcomponent attribute;
• generating one or more lot code fragments according to the selected rule using the retrieved data;
• concatenating the generated code fragments to generate the lot code;
• transmitting the generated lot code to the terminal for printing the generated lot code.