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:

  Serial Tracking After Delivery - YES Serial Tracking After Delivery - NO

Serial Tracking At Receipt and Issue - YES

Serial Tracking In Inventory - YES

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.

This combination is not allowed.

Serial Tracking At Receipt and Issue - YES

Serial Tracking In Inventory - NO

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.

This combination is not allowed.

Serial Tracking At Receipt and Issue - NO

Serial Tracking In Inventory - YES

This combination is not allowed.

This combination is not allowed.

Serial Tracking At Receipt and Issue - NO

Serial Tracking In Inventory - NO

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.

No serial tracking at all.

Prerequisites

Part must exist.

System Effects