Serial Number Information

This page allows you to serial numbers of items. Serial numbering is widely used in discrete production. A serial controlled item cannot be a part of sub-lots owing to the different needs of process and discrete production. This page is launched only if the “Serial Controlled” field is set as “Yes” for atleast one of the items in the multiline. Else, the system displays an error message when you click the “Create Serial Number Information” link from the main page.

You can modify the serial number and reference serial number of the item/variant.

Select the “Serial No. Information” link at the bottom of the “Authorize Opening Balance” page.

The “Serial No. Information” page appears.

The system displays the following:

Status	The status of the opening balance transaction.
Transaction No.	A unique number identifying the opening balance transaction.
Transaction Date	The date on which the opening balance transaction is created.
Warehouse Code	A unique code of the warehouse.

Enter the following:

Line No.

Use the drop-down list box to select the line number of the serially controlled item. All the line numbers of items for which the “Serial Controlled” field is set as “Yes” in the main page will be displayed here in ascending order. The system displays the first value by default.

The system displays the following:

Item Code	A unique code identifying the item stored in the warehouse.
Variant Code	Variant code of the item.
Item Variant Desc.	A textual description of the item/variant.
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Stock UOM	The unit of measurement of the item stocked in the warehouse.
Quantity	The number of units of the serially controlled item in the warehouse in stock uom. The number of serial numbers entered manually or system generated in the multiline must be equal to the quantity displayed in the header. Else, the system displays an error message.
Stock Status	The stock status of the serially controlled item. The system displays the stock status of the item as specified in the main page.
Zone	The number identifying the zone in which the serial controlled item is stored in the warehouse.
Lot No.	The number identifying the lot in the warehouse.
Bin	The number identifying the bin in which the serial controlled item is stored in the zone.

Enter the following:

Manufacturing Date

The manufacturing date of the Serial Numbers (Date Format) .

Note: Manufacturing Date of the Serial number can be either Current Date or Earlier Date. Manufacturing Date cannot be a future date. If the Manufacturing Date is not provided for the Serial numbers then the same will be defaulted with System Date.

Enter the following in the “Serial No. Information” in the multiline:

Serial No.

The unique serial for the item/variant in the warehouse (Alphanumeric, 18). You can enter this number manually or leave it blank if you wish to generate the number on clicking the “Submit Serial No. Information” pushbutton.

Note: If serial number is manually entered, the system checks whether the system parameter "Serial no Unique Across Items" is set as "Yes". If so, the system displays an error message if you enter a serial number that has been already allocated for another item/variant in the warehouse.

Ref. Serial No.

The serial number provided by the vendor/manufacturer (Alphanumeric, 18).

Enter the following:

Manufacturing Date

The manufacturing date of the Serial Numbers (Date Format) .This cannot be greater than the System Date.

Select the “Select” column in the multiline for modifying rate information and attaching notes.

Click the “Update Serial No. Information” pushbutton to save the details of serially controlled item.

Click the “Authorize Opening Balance” pushbutton to authorize the opening balance transaction.

The system saves the serial no details and sets the status of the transaction as “Authorized”.

Click the “Return Opening Balance” pushbutton to return the opening balance transaction without authorizing.

The system sets the status of the transaction as “Returned”.

The system saves the reason code if both the description retrieved from the “Classes” component and the description entered manually are the same. Else, the system saves the reason description.

To proceed, carry out the following

Select the “Rate Information” link at the bottom of the page to modify rate information.

Select the “Attach Notes” link at the bottom of the page to attach notes for the serially numbered item.