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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/performance/wh/P0000011_use_lots_serials" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Using lots and serials</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1098800">
         <Level1>Valid for LN FP0, FP1, FP2, FP3, FP4, FP5, FP6, 10, 10.2</Level1>
         <Level2>using lots and serials</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1098805">
         <Level1>Serial</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1098808">
         <Level1>Lot</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1098811">
         <Level1>Serialized</Level1>
         <Level2>item</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1098816">
         <Level1>Lot controlled</Level1>
         <Level2>item</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1098821">
         <Level1>Effect on CPU</Level1>
         <Level2>using lots and serials</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1098826">
         <Level1>Effect on database growth</Level1>
         <Level2>using lots and serials</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>Generally, the use of lot items and serialized items usually
		increases the number of records in your database and affects system
		performance, the more so if you use <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000382#382_low_volume" role="manual" Update="No">low volume</Link> serialized
		items or <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000382#382_low_volume" role="manual" Update="No">low volume</Link> lot items.
		If low volume lots, low volume serials, or both, are implemented, all
		warehousing and related financial transactions are performed for individual
		lots or serial numbers, which results in considerable data growth.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>To save system performance and avoid unnecessary data growth,
		only use these concepts if they are vital to your business
		processes.</Paragraph>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Performance aspects</SectionTitle>
         <List>
            <ListItem>Effect on CPU: Yes</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Effect on database growth: Yes</ListItem>
         </List>
      </GeneralSection>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000382" role="manual">Serialized items in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef>
         </Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000375" role="manual">To set up serialized items</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000408" role="manual">To set up lot items</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>