Enable Part Serial Tracking
Explanation
You can set up several different serial tracking options and define whether
the serial tracking should be entered manually or generated automatically.
For information on handling serial numbers for parts, please refer the document
About Part Serial Handling.
A part that is serial tracked may also be lot tracked, but it may not use
order-based lot tracking.
Following are the allowed serial tracking combinations:
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Serial Tracking After Delivery - YES |
Serial Tracking After Delivery - NO |
Serial Tracking
At Receipt and Issue - YES
Serial Tracking
In Inventory - YES
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This will enable full serial tracking.
It will be mandatory to enter serial numbers when receiving the part
into inventory and the part will always have a serial number in inventory
and throughout the life cycle.
The individual is created in the part serial catalog when the part is
received into inventory.
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This combination is not allowed. |
Serial Tracking
At Receipt and Issue - YES
Serial Tracking
In Inventory - NO
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It will be mandatory to enter serial numbers when receiving the part
into inventory. It will be mandatory to identify the serial numbers
when the part is issued and in other inventory transactions. However,
the part will not have any serial numbers in inventory.
The serial numbers will only exist in the part serial catalog.
The individual is created in the part serial catalog when the part is
received into inventory.
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This combination is not allowed. |
Serial Tracking
At Receipt and Issue - NO
Serial Tracking
In Inventory - YES
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This combination is not allowed.
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This combination is not allowed. |
Serial Tracking
At Receipt and Issue - NO
Serial Tracking
In Inventory - NO
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This case will disable serial tracking. It will not be possible to enter
serial numbers when receiving the part into inventory. Therefore,
the parts will not have serial numbers in inventory. It is possible,
however, to enter serial numbers for parts that are issued to a delivery
structure.
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No serial tracking at all. |
Prerequisites
Part must exist.
System Effects
- If
the At Receipt and Issue and the In Inventory options are
enabled, you will always need to have a serial structure when receiving
shop orders for parts with these settings. These settings also control the
individual different inventory transactions. It will be mandatory to enter
serial numbers when receiving the part into inventory. The part will always
have a serial number in inventory and throughout the life cycle.
- If
only the At Receipt and Issue option is enabled, and not the In
Inventory option, you will always need to have a serial structure when
receiving shop orders for parts with this setting. This setting controls
the individual in different inventory transactions. It will be mandatory
to enter serial numbers when receiving the part into inventory. It will
be mandatory to identify the serial numbers when the part is issued and
in other inventory transactions. However, the part will not have any serial
numbers in inventory. The serial numbers will only exist in the part serial
catalog.
- If the After Delivery Serial Tracking option is enabled, you
will be allowing the system to set a serial number on a part on occasions
other than when receiving parts into inventory. Examples of such occasions
are when parts without serial tracking have been issued to a delivery structure
or when parts without serial tracking have been put directly into the facility.
- By default, the Stop Creation of New Serials in RMA option is
enabled. This means that it is not possible to return non existing part
serials. If the option is enabled, you can create new part serials when
you return the part from an external customer as long as the return material
authorization line is not connected to an order. This might be beneficial
in order to be able to return the part when for instance, the serials have
been shipped before IFS Cloud was used by this business, an existing
part is changed to be serial handled from now on, you are using different
instances of IFS Cloud, you are responsible for managing all returns
and reverse logistics processes regardless of how the serial was shipped
originally, etc.
- Enabling/Disabling Auto Generate Serial Numbers option
indicates the method to use when creating serial numbers, either manual
or automatic.