Serial Number Master Record 

Definition

Data record that contains information for serial number management. The serial number is given to an item of material in addition to the material number, in order to differentiate that individual item from all other pieces of this material. The combination of material and serial number is unique.

Example of Serial Numbers

Structure

The following information is contained in the serial number master record:

You can establish here, which system and user statuses are valid for the master record. If necessary, you can set or delete the user status, display the authorized business procedures and set particular system statuses.

You can see here in which plant and warehouse the item of material is located, or to which batch it belongs. You can also see what type of stock and special stock is involved. The stock information is recorded automatically when goods movements are performed, and cannot be changed manually.

Here, for example, you can use freely definable partner functions and partners to specify in Customizing which companies are responsible for the maintenance of the serialized material (see Partner Data).

Here, you can configure a item of material according to its characteristics or make reference to a configured object.

Further data and functions, such as maintenance data, location data, and classification, are only available if you add to the serial number master record to make it an equipment master record. For more information, see Creating an Individual Serial Number and Entering Serialization Data in the Piece of Equipment.