| To maintain as-built headers and as-built components |  |
| This topic describes how to actually assign serial numbers to (end) items in Manufacturing. The sessions that you use to assign serial numbers are in the Manufacturing Control module. Carry out the following steps: When you are working on a production order, use the Serial End Item - As-Built Headers (timfc0110m000) session to view the generated serial numbers of end items, or to assign serial numbers to end items yourself. If the order quantity of a production order is five products, a line for every product (five lines in total) is generated in the Serial End Item - As-Built Headers (timfc0110m000) session. The Moment of Generating Serial Numbers parameter determines the exact moment that serial numbers are generated for the end products. If you select an item in the Serial End Item - As-Built Headers (timfc0110m000) session, and click As-Built Components from the Specific menu, the Serial End Item - As-Built Components (timfc0111m000) session is started. In this session, the (serialized) components of the serialized end item are displayed, and you can link serial numbers to serialized component items. If a specific end item requires three pieces of a specific serialized component, and one piece of another serialized component, four component lines are created for the end item in which you must enter a serial number. You are creating a so-called as-built structure to establish which specific components (identified by serial numbers) are used in specific end items (also identified by serial numbers). After you have assigned serial numbers to components in the Serial End Item - As-Built Components (timfc0111m000) session, you can check whether the as-built structure is complete. All serialized components must be provided with a serial number otherwise you cannot copy the as-built structure to an as-maintained structure in Service. To check the as-built structure for missing serial numbers, select the end item in the Serial End Item - As-Built Headers (timfc0110m000) session and click Validate from the Specific menu. Related topics Overview of serialized items Serialized items in Manufacturing Working with serialized items in Manufacturing |