Serial Number Management (LO-MD-SN)
Purpose
You can use this component to identify and differentiate between individual items of material. This component therefore ideally supplements the material master record, which may contain all data for describing and managing a piece of material, but which does not enable you to differentiate between individual items of that material.
Example of Serial NumbersYou can use serial numbers in various business procedures within Logistics. In each case, a transaction history is created for the individual serialized material item and its status is maintained automatically.
Integration
You can use serial numbers when working with the following business procedures and objects:
Component involved |
Business procedure or operation |
Plant Maintenance |
Equipment Refurbishment order Maintenance contract When using maintenance processing and history |
Production orders |
Production order |
Sales and Distribution |
Sales order, inquiry, quotation Delivery and returns delivery Completeness check for deliveries and returns deliveries |
Quality Management |
Original value recording of inspection lots |
Inventory Management and Physical Inventory |
Goods movements Entering the physical inventory count Posting inventory differences |
Repetitive manufacturing |
Inward movements from repetitive manufacturing |
Constraints
Uniqueness of the serial number within a client, therefore cross-material, is not supported at present.