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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Serialized items in Manufacturing</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Serialized item</Level1>
			<Level2>Manufacturing</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Serialized item</Level1>
			<Level2>setup</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>As-built structure</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Mask</Level1>
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	<AimSection><Paragraph>You can use serial numbers to track and trace the items in inventory, production orders, purchase orders, sales orders, service, and so on. You can determine, for example, to which production order a specific end item belongs, which components are used and where the components originate. This topic describes the aspects of using serialization in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti" role="package">Manufacturing</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
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	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>As-built structure</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>The as-built structure is an important concept for serialized (end) items in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti" role="package">Manufacturing</GUIRef>. The as-built structure reflects the configuration of a product. Two additional concepts are important:</Paragraph>
		<List><ListItemHead>As-built header</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>The as-built header contains the individual serialized end items for a specific production order or assembly order.</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead>As-built component</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>From a specific serialized item in the as-built header, you can zoom to the as-built components, that is, the components that are used in the configuration. The components can be serialized or non-serialized. Dependent on the setting of the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0100s000#tisfc000.inab" role="fieldhelp">Only Serialized and Lot Controlled Items in As-Built Components</Link> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0100s000" role="session">Shop Floor Control Parameters (tisfc0100s000)</GUIRef> session, all components can be viewed, or only the serialized and lot controlled components.</ListItem>
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		<List><ListIntro>You can use the as-built structure and the serial numbers in the structure for several purposes:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>For information purposes, for example, how the product is assembled, and which components are used. If you want to use the serial numbers for configuration-information purposes only, you can choose to clear the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4100s000#whwmd400.srtr" role="fieldhelp">Serial Tracking</Link> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4500m000" role="session">Items - Warehousing (whwmd4500m000)</GUIRef> details session. In this way, the data is not stored for tracking and tracing.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>As a basis for a product structure ( <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#000310" role="glossary">physical breakdown</Link> ), which you can use in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts" role="package">Service</GUIRef> for service and maintenance purposes. For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000307" role="manual">To create a physical breakdown from an as-built structure</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000300" role="manual">To maintain physical breakdowns</Link>. If service engineers use the as-built structure, having anonymous items displayed in the as-built structure can be useful. In that case, you must clear the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0100s000#tisfc000.inab" role="fieldhelp">Only Serialized and Lot Controlled Items in As-Built Components</Link> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0100s000" role="session">Shop Floor Control Parameters (tisfc0100s000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>To update tracking sessions in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehouse Management</GUIRef> so that you can track and trace the serialized items that you used in production to purchase orders, sales orders, and so on. You must select the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4100s000#whwmd400.srtr" role="fieldhelp">Serial Tracking</Link> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4500m000" role="session">Items - Warehousing (whwmd4500m000)</GUIRef> details session to use serial numbers for tracking purposes.</ListItem>
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	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Serial numbers</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>Operators on the shop floor usually enter the serial numbers in the as-built structure. To enter the numbers, you can, for example, type or scan bar codes. You can also choose to generate the serial numbers for end items in the as-built header. In that case, you must define a <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000300" role="glossary">mask</Link>. The moment that serial numbers in the header are generated depends on the setting of the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0100s000#tisfc000.serg" role="fieldhelp">Moment of Generating Serial Numbers</Link> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0100s000" role="session">Shop Floor Control Parameters (tisfc0100s000)</GUIRef> session. This parameter is important because this enables you to determine yourself on which moment in the production process you can assign serial numbers to the items in a production order.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>You can view and maintain the as-built header in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/mfc/timfc0110m000" role="session">Serial End Item - As-Built Headers (timfc0110m000)</Link> session, and the as-built components in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/mfc/timfc0111m000" role="session">Serial End Item - As-Built Components (timfc0111m000)</Link> session. For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000362" role="manual">To maintain as-built headers and as-built components</Link>
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	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Masks</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>If you want be able to generate serial numbers, you must use <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000300" role="glossary">masks</Link>. You can define masks on three levels:</Paragraph>
		<List><ListItemHead>Item level</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>You can define a mask for a specific item in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd4105s000" role="session">Mask by Item/Item Group (tcibd4105s000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead>Item group level</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>You can define a mask for a specific item group in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd4105s000" role="session">Mask by Item/Item Group (tcibd4105s000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead>Company level</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>You can define a mask for a specific company in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom0000s000" role="session">COM Parameters (tccom0000s000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>If you want to generate serial numbers, SSA ERP searches for a mask, successively on the item level, the item group level, and the company level. If no mask is defined, no as-built structure is generated, and you must manually enter serial numbers, for example, by typing or scanning. Without a mask, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0100s000#tisfc000.serg" role="formfield" Update="No">Moment of Generating Serial Numbers</GUIRef> parameter in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0100s000" role="session">Shop Floor Control Parameters (tisfc0100s000)</GUIRef> session is no longer applicable.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>Refer also to <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000305" role="manual">To define a mask</Link>.</Paragraph>
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	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>To use serial numbers during the production order process</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>Serial number handling in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti" role="package">Manufacturing</GUIRef> is embedded in the production order process. The <Link href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0100s000#tisfc000.absh" role="fieldhelp">As-Built Status Handling</Link> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0100s000" role="session">Shop Floor Control Parameters (tisfc0100s000)</GUIRef> session determines how serialized items in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti" role="package">Manufacturing</GUIRef> are handled:</Paragraph>
		<List><ListItemHead><GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/absh#automatic" role="enum">Automatic</GUIRef>
			</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0100s000#tisfc000.absh" role="formfield">As-Built Status Handling</GUIRef> field is set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/absh#automatic" role="enum">Automatic</GUIRef>, the actions a user performs on the production order result in status changes of the serialized end item. For example, if a number of items on a production order is reported as completed or rejected, the status of the same number of items in the as-built header automatically changes to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/mfc.stat#assigned" role="enum">Assigned</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/mfc.stat#rejected" role="enum">Rejected</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead><GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/absh#manual" role="enum">Manual</GUIRef>
			</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0100s000#tisfc000.absh" role="formfield">As-Built Status Handling</GUIRef> field is set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/absh#manual" role="enum">Manual</GUIRef>, you must first update the status of the items in the as-built header before you can complete or reject the items on the last operation of a production order, or on the production order itself. For example, if you have completed two serialized items, and you have rejected one, you must first change the status of two items in the as-built header to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/mfc.stat#assigned" role="enum">Assigned</GUIRef>, and the status of the other item to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/mfc.stat#rejected" role="enum">Rejected</GUIRef>. Only then can you report these quantities as completed and rejected on the production order.</ListItem>
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		<Paragraph>For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000361" role="manual">Working with serialized items in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti" role="package">Manufacturing</GUIRef>
			</Link>.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>If you want to handle serialized items in the most detailed way, you must use the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/mfc/timfc0101m000" role="session">Production Warehouse Orders (timfc0101m000)</Link> session. This session is especially useful to issue, return, and cancel serialized components for a specific end item.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>To set up serialized items</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>If you want to use serial numbers in SSA ERP, you must set up data first. For information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000375" role="manual">To set up serialized items</Link>.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>For serialization in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti" role="package">Manufacturing</GUIRef>, you must also set a number of parameters in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0100s000" role="session">Shop Floor Control Parameters (tisfc0100s000)</GUIRef> session:</Paragraph>
		<List><ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0100s000#tisfc000.serg" role="fieldhelp">Moment of Generating Serial Numbers</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0100s000#tisfc000.inab" role="fieldhelp">Only Serialized and Lot Controlled Items in As-Built Components</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0100s000#tisfc000.absh" role="fieldhelp">As-Built Status Handling</Link>.</ListItem>
		</List>
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	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000304" role="manual">Overview of serialized items</Link>
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		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000361" role="manual">Working with serialized items in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti" role="package">Manufacturing</GUIRef>
			</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000362" role="manual">To maintain as-built headers and as-built components</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
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