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<Session ID="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd4501m000" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Serialized Items (tcibd4501m000)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>This session lists the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000302" role="glossary">serialized items</Link>:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>For which LN has generated a <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000310" role="glossary">serial number</Link>.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>For which you have entered a serial number manually in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd4101s000" role="session">Serial Numbers (tcibd4101s000)</GUIRef> details session.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>For which you have entered a serial number manually in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/cfg/tscfg2100m000" role="session">Serialized Items (tscfg2100m000)</GUIRef> session in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts" role="package">Service</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         </List>
      </AimSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <ProcedureList>
            <ListIntro>To define a serial number manually, complete the following
			 steps:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>
               <Paragraph>On the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">File</GUIRef> menu, click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">New</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
               <Paragraph>The <Link href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd4101s000" role="session">Serial Numbers (tcibd4101s000)</Link> session starts.</Paragraph>
            </ListItem>
            <ListItem>Enter the item in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd4101s000#tcibd401.item" role="manual">Item Code</GUIRef> field.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Specify the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000310" role="glossary">serial number</Link> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd4101s000#tcibd401.sern" role="manual">Serial Number</GUIRef> field. After you save the record, you
			 can no longer change the serial number.</ListItem>
         </ProcedureList>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>You can manually enter serial codes for items even if the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0101s000#tcibd001.seri" role="manual">Serialized</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0501m000" role="session">Items - General (tcibd0501m000)</GUIRef> details session is cleared. However, you cannot select
			 an item by zooming if that item is not a serialized item.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
      </GeneralSection>
      <RelatedTopics>
         <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000304" role="manual">Overview of serialized items</Link>
         </RelTopic>
      </RelatedTopics>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldHelp ID="tcibd401.effn">
         <Header>
            <Title>Effectivity Unit</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000304" role="glossary">effectivity unit</Link> to which the serialized item belongs.</FuncDesc>
         <RelatedTopics>
            <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
            <RelTopic>
               <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000300" role="manual">Overview of unit effectivity</Link>
            </RelTopic>
         </RelatedTopics>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tcibd401.item">
         <Header>
            <Title>Item</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>In LN,
		the raw materials, subassemblies, finished products, and tools that can be
		purchased, stored, manufactured, sold, and so on.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>An item can also represent a set of items handled as one
		  (kit), or exist in multiple product variants.</Paragraph>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>You can also define nonphysical items, which are not held
			 in inventory but can be used to post costs or to invoice services to customers.
			 Examples of nonphysical items:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>Cost items (for example, electricity)</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Service items</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Subcontracting services</ListItem>
               <ListItem>List items (menus/options)</ListItem>
            </List>
         </SimpleSection>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph> 
               <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000069" role="glossary">Segmented</Link> item codes consist
			 of a project-code segment and an item-base segment (the item code). You can
			 define the item code segmentation in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0500m000" role="session">Item Code Segmentation (tcibd0500m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tcibd401.sern">
         <Header>
            <Title>Serial Number</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The item's <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000310" role="glossary">serial number</Link>.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>The item's serial number can be:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>Generated by LN by using a <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000300" role="glossary">mask</Link>.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Entered manually.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tcibd401.stat">
         <Header>
            <Title>Status</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The status of the serialized item. The status indicates whether
		  the item is in use in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts" role="package">Service</GUIRef>, in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti" role="package">Manufacturing</GUIRef>, or is still free to be used.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>The statuses <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/ibd.ssts#initial" role="option">Initial</GUIRef>, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/ibd.ssts#used.in.as.buil" role="option">Used in As-Built</GUIRef>, and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/ibd.ssts#used.in.as.main" role="option">Used in As-Maintained</GUIRef> indicate the phases in the product life cycle of the
			 serialized item.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <AllowedValues>
            <SectionTitle>Allowed values</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>
               <Link href="/baanerp/tc/domains/ibd.ssts" role="domain">Serial item status</Link>
            </Paragraph>
         </AllowedValues>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tcibd401.clot">
         <Header>
            <Title>Lot</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>A number of items produced and stored together that are
		identified by a (lot) code. Lots identify goods.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>If in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4500m000" role="session">Items - Warehousing (whwmd4500m000)</GUIRef> details session the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4100s000#whwmd400.sinv" role="manual">Serials in Inventory</GUIRef> check box is selected for the
			 serialized item, the lot code can be entered or modified as long as the
			 serialized item is not yet present in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/ltc/whltc5100m000" role="session">Item - Serials and Warehouses (whltc5100m000)</GUIRef> session, or in the as-built structure
			 defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/mfc/timfc0110m000" role="session">Serial End Item - As-Built Headers (timfc0110m000)</GUIRef> and
			 the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/mfc/timfc0111m000" role="session">Serial End Item - As-Built Components (timfc0111m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4100s000#whwmd400.sinv" role="manual">Serials in Inventory</GUIRef> check box is cleared for the
			 serialized item, the lot code can always be modified. However, the lot should
			 be preferably updated by rework orders. Those rework orders can cause changes
			 in the as-built structures, which leads also to updates in the serial tracking
			 sessions in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>If in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4500m000" role="session">Items - Warehousing (whwmd4500m000)</GUIRef> details session the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4100s000#whwmd400.sinv" role="formfield">Serials in Inventory</Link> check box is selected for the
			 serialized item, you can also view the lot code in the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/ltc/whltc5100m000" role="session">Item - Serials and Warehouses (whltc5100m000)</Link> session.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="item.revision">
         <Header>
            <Title>E-Item Revision</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#Revision_ti" role="glossary">revision</Link> of the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#EngineItem_ti" role="glossary">engineering item</Link>.</FuncDesc>
         <RelatedTopics>
            <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
            <RelTopic>
               <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000088" role="manual">Engineering data management summary</Link>
            </RelTopic>
         </RelatedTopics>
      </FieldHelp>
   </Fields>
</Session>