| # To register serial numbers in the high volume scenario Registering serial numbers means that you allocate serial numbers to serialized items for a particular warehouse transaction such as a receipt or an issue, or during production or maintenance of the item. To allocate serial numbers, you must enter new serial numbers or link existing serial numbers to the items. Serial number entry in LN You must enter serial numbers if no serial numbers exist in LN, for example, for items purchased from a supplier, or for new items that you manufacture. If you register serial numbers by entering new numbers, the new serial numbers are stored in the Serialized Items (tcibd4501m000) session and in the session that you used to enter the warehouse transaction or item production. To enter new serial numbers, you can generate serial numbers or manually enter serial numbers. If you generate serial numbers, the required number of serial numbers is generated according to a user-defined mask. For further information, see To set up serialized items. If you manually enter a serial number, the serial number is not entered according to the mask format. You can generate serial numbers in the following sessions: Warehouse Management Receipt Lines (whinh3112s000) Receipt Line Serials (whinh3123m000) To access this session, select the relevant receipt line in the Warehouse Receipts (whinh3512m000) session and on the appropriate menu, click Receipt Line and select Serials. Receipt Line BOM (whinh3118m000) To access this session, select the relevant receipt line in the Receipt Lines (whinh3512m400) session and on the appropriate menu, click Receipt Line and select BOM Lines. Cycle Counting Order Line Serials (whinh5106m000) To access this session, select the relevant order line in the Cycle Counting Order Lines (whinh5101m000) session and on the appropriate menu, click Serials. Shipment Line Serials (whinh4133m000) To access this session, select the relevant shipment line in the Shipment Lines (whinh4131m000) session and on the appropriate menu, click Shipment Line Serials and select Serials. Outbound Advice Serials (whinh4126m000) To access this session, select the relevant advice line in the Outbound Advice (whinh4525m000) session and on the appropriate menu, click Serials. To generate serial numbers, from the appropriate menu of the previous sessions, select Generate Serials. Manufacturing Serial End Item - As-Built Headers (timfc0110m000) Serial End Item - As-Built Components (timfc0111m000) Service Work Orders (tswcs2100m000) Work Order Material Resources (tswcs4110m000) Service Order Actual Material Costs (tssoc2121m000) Examples During the production of a new item, you must enter or generate the serial number of the item, provided that the item is defined as a serialized item. The serial numbers of the new item are entered in LN in the Serialized Items (tcibd4501m000) session and linked to the production order in the Serial End Item - As-Built Headers (timfc0110m000) session. The stage at which serial number entry is required, is determined by parameter settings in the Shop Floor Control Parameters (tisfc0100s000) session. For further information, see Serialized items in Manufacturing. In some environments, which you can model in the Item - Warehousing (whwmd4100s000) session, you must generate serial numbers for purchased items during their receipt in the warehouse. As a result, the serial numbers are entered in LN in the Serialized Items (tcibd4501m000) session and linked to the receipt in the Receipt Line Serials (whinh3123m000) session. In some situations, you must generate serial numbers for purchased items during issue from the warehouse if the supplier did not provide these items with serial numbers, or you did not generate serial numbers during receipt. This can occur, for example, if you issue the purchased items to the shop floor, where you use the items as components for particular end items. Often serial number entry into LN is performed automatically by means of a scanning device. For example, purchased items provided with a serial number by the supplier are scanned during receipt into the warehouse. The scanned serial numbers are automatically entered in the Serialized Items (tcibd4501m000) session and linked to the receipt in the Receipt Line Serials (whinh3123m000) session. Usually, in such cases the supplier's serial number format is used. To link serial numbers You must link existing serial numbers, for example, if you issue serialized items for which serial numbers were generated in an earlier stage of the goods flow, or if you receive serialized manufactured end items from the shop floor. If you register serial numbers by linking existing serial numbers, you select the serial numbers from the Serialized Items (tcibd4501m000) session and allocate them to the receipt line, shipment line, production order line, or work order line. Example of linking serial numbers to issued serialized items Serial numbers are generated for 500 purchased items during various receipts. At a later stage, 20 of these items are issued to the shop floor to be used as a component for the production of a particular end item. When you issue these items for a particular outbound order of the Issue transaction type and SFC Production origin, to register serial numbers, you must link 20 serial numbers from the existing 500 serial numbers. Example of linking serial numbers to received serialized items Serial numbers are generated for 500 manufactured end items during production. For these items, LN generates a warehousing order of the Receipt transaction type and SFC Production origin. To register the receipt of the serial numbers of the end items, you must link the serial numbers to the receipt lines of the receipt order. You can link serial numbers to receipt lines or outbound lines in the following sessions: Warehouse Management Receipt Line Serials (whinh3123m000) Receipt Line BOM (whinh3118m000) Cycle Counting Order Line Serials (whinh5106m000) Adjustment Order Line Serials (whinh5126m000) Shipment Line Serials (whinh4133m000) Outbound Advice Serials (whinh4126m000) Shipment Lines (whinh4131m000) Outbound Advice (whinh4525m000) To link serial numbers, from the appropriate menu of the previous sessions, select Link Serial(s). As a result, the Serialized Items (tcibd4501m000) session appears from which you can select the serial numbers that you want to link to the receipt line, order line, or shipment line. If the serial number that you select in the Serialized Items (tcibd4501m000) session is linked to an item listed in the shipment line, a message to that effect appears when you close the Serialized Items (tcibd4501m000) session. In that case, you must select a different serial number or generate new serial numbers. Manufacturing Serial End Item - As-Built Headers (timfc0110m000) Serial End Item - As-Built Components (timfc0111m000) Service Work Orders (tswcs2100m000) Work Order Material Resources (tswcs4110m000) Service Order Actual Material Costs (tssoc2121m000) In the previous sessions, you can zoom to the Serialized Items (tcibd4501m000) session from which you can select the serial numbers that you want to link. |