Whether or not serial numbers can be used during sales order processing is determined by a serial number profile . You can create a master record for each individual serial number.
The serial number profile defines under which conditions and in which transactions serial numbers can be entered. You define serial number profiles in Customizing.
Profile Data
Serial number profiles include the following control data:
Business transactions during which serialization
must take place
can take place
may not take place
Information about whether, during a business transaction, you can
enter new serial numbers
select from serial numbers already created and stored in the system
Business transactions where, during serialization:
you must create an equipment master record
you do not need to create an equipment master record
Profile number
In one serial number profile, you can define different business transactions with different parameters for serialization.
Maintaining Serial Numbers in the Material Master Record
You can specify a serial number profile by plant in the material master record in the
Basic data
field group in the
Sales/Plant data
screen.
Note
You can only assign serial numbers to individual items of a particular material when the serial number profile is maintained in the material master record.
Serial Number Master Records
The master record for an individual item of a material contains, among other data, the following information:
Company-specific location
Specifies, for example, which plant the item is stored in.
External location
Specifies the customer who bought the item from you.
Last operation: identifies, for example, the number of the delivery by which the item reached the customer.
To create a serial number record as part of the Sales master data, proceed as follows:
From SD master data , choose
You see the screen
Create Mat.Ser.No. Initial Screen
.
Enter the material number, the serial number, and, if required, reference data. Then press ENTER
.
You see the screen
Create Mat.Ser.No.: SerialNo Details
, where you can maintain the master data.