Use this activity to generate and reserve order based lot/batch numbers to a shop order. The reserved lot/batch numbers are used when the system receives parts into inventory.
To generate lot/batch numbers, click Traceability and then Generate Order Based Lot/Batch No. Below options are available in the dialog:
This activity requires that the part to be manufactured has the Lot/Batch Tracking set to Order Based in the Part page.
As a result of this activity, the system reserves lot/batch numbers for the shop order following the standard syntax of [Order No]-[Release No]-[Sequence No] plus an index number. Thus a shop order with order no XB1001, release no 1, sequence no 1 would have a generated lot/batch number XB1001-1-1-1. If the part being manufactured allows more than one lot per order, you can reserve multiple lot/batches; this will increment the last number shown in the generated example to give you XB1001-1-1-2, XB1001-1-1-3 etc.
When the part is set to use order-based lot-tracking with only one lot per production order allowed, the shop order will automatically reserve a single lot/batch number for the entire quantity on the shop order. If the part allows multiple lots per order, lot/batch numbers must be manually generated.