Inventory Control - Serial

                                         SERIAL CONTROL

•  For items under serial number control, you assign unique serial numbers to individual units and thereafter reference the same serial numbers each time you perform material transactions.
• We use Serial Control to track Individual Item
• For serial control we have 4 types of Uniqueness

• Across Organization - then we can't use same Serial num in the entire OU
• Within INV models and Items -  then we can't use same Serial for those INV  models and Items
• Within Organization - then we can't use same Serial num in the entire Organization
• Within Inventory item - then we can't use same Serial num for another item in same Org

• It has 3 types of Generation

• At Organization Level
• At Item Level
• User Defined

• It has 4 types of  Controls
• No Control
• At Receipt
• At Sales Order Issue
• Prespecified

To define Serial Control go to 

Inventory -> Setup -> Organization -> Parameters

 Here go to Revision, Lot, Serial and LPN tab then select Uniqueness, Generation then give prefix and Starting num and save.

 Uniqueness : Within Organization

Generation : At Organization level

Now create a item and in INV tab set Generations as Predefined save it and assign to Child Org

Now we need to run a Program " Generate Serial Number"

to generate that program go to

Inventory -> On-hand, Availability -> Generate Serial Number

give the item and qty

Then click on Submit

Now let's perform Transaction

Click on Lot/Serial and search foe Serial num

Based on Qty entered it will give the Serial Num  

Save the transaction and Check on hand qty

while checking On-Hand qty enable Detailed check box and search

If you try to create a same serial for another item within the Organization then the serial program gets failed. 

 Uniqueness : Within Organization

Generation : At Item level

Now create a item and in INV tab set Generations as Predefined

Now we can see Prefix and Num as mandatory fields give values save it and assign to Child Org

Now we need to run a Program " Generate Serial Number"

to generate that program go to

Inventory -> On-hand, Availability -> Generate Serial Number

give the item and qty

Then click on Submit

Now let's perform Transaction

Click on Lot/Serial and search foe Serial num

Based on Qty entered it will give the Serial Num  

Save the transaction and Check on hand qty

 Uniqueness : Within Inventory Items

Generation : At Organization

Now create a item and in INV tab set Generations as Predefined

 save it and assign to Child Org

Now we need to run a Program " Generate Serial Number"

to generate that program go to

Inventory -> On-hand, Availability -> Generate Serial Number

give the item and qty

Then click on Submit

Now let's perform Transaction

Click on Lot/Serial and search foe Serial num

Based on Qty entered it will give the Serial Num

Save the transaction and Check on hand qty

 Uniqueness : Within Inventory Item

Generation : At Item level

Now create a item and in INV tab set Generations as Predefined

Now we can see Prefix and Num as mandatory fields give values save it and assign to Child Org

Now we need to run a Program " Generate Serial Number"

to generate that program go to

Inventory -> On-hand, Availability -> Generate Serial Number

give the item and qty

Then click on Submit

Now let's perform Transaction

Click on Lot/Serial and search foe Serial num

Based on Qty entered it will give the Serial Num 

Save the transaction and Check on hand qty