https://www.datima.ai/blog/ Writing on inventory freshness, FEFO, and running perishable stock in commerce. en Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.datima.ai/blog/batches-without-an-expiry-date.html https://www.datima.ai/blog/batches-without-an-expiry-date.html Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A merchant with olive oil on one shelf and the bowls it is served in on the next asked to control the batches of both. A batch in Datima now needs a quantity and either an expiry date or a lot code; what that changes, what it leaves exactly as it was, and why one of the two is still required. https://www.datima.ai/blog/write-off-expired-stock-in-shopify.html https://www.datima.ai/blog/write-off-expired-stock-in-shopify.html Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 An expired batch is a number Shopify is still counting. One press zeroes the batch and takes the same units out of Shopify's inventory, with a reason and a link in the inventory history, and puts them back if you were wrong. https://www.datima.ai/blog/automatic-markdowns-for-short-dated-stock.html https://www.datima.ai/blog/automatic-markdowns-for-short-dated-stock.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A product-level discount is the wrong tool for a batch-level problem. What a markdown that follows the batch looks like, what the shopper sees, and how to tell whether it paid. https://www.datima.ai/blog/batch-expiry-dates-in-shopify.html https://www.datima.ai/blog/batch-expiry-dates-in-shopify.html Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A product does not have an expiry date; a batch does. What a batch record needs, how it meets every order and refund, and how to get the dates into Shopify in an afternoon. https://www.datima.ai/blog/how-to-track-expiry-dates-in-shopify.html https://www.datima.ai/blog/how-to-track-expiry-dates-in-shopify.html Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Shopify has no expiry field. The three ways merchants track expiry dates, what separates the one that works, and how to set it up in an afternoon. https://www.datima.ai/blog/fefo-vs-fifo.html https://www.datima.ai/blog/fefo-vs-fifo.html Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 First in, first out ships stock in arrival order; first expired, first out ships it by date. When they disagree, and what FEFO needs from your software. https://www.datima.ai/blog/why-expiry-dates-are-inventorys-blind-spot.html https://www.datima.ai/blog/why-expiry-dates-are-inventorys-blind-spot.html Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Commerce platforms track quantity, not freshness. Here's what that costs merchants with perishable goods, and what tracking batches actually takes.