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 Lot

Definition

A quantity of prenumbered forms as sold by official stationers.

Use

When you buy a new lot, you enter it in the system. To do so, in Customizing for Cross-Application Components, choose Start of the navigation path General Application Functions Next navigation step Cross-Application Document Numbering Next navigation step China End of the navigation path or Chile or Start of the navigation path Peru Next navigation step Maintain Lots and Books. End of the navigation path

Structure

You assign each lot a number of your own, an internal number. This is the number that you use within your business. You also record the lot's official number, as issued by the authorities. This is the number that you use in official correspondence.

For each lot, you also enter the official document numbers of all the forms that it contains. You can also specify which form type the forms in this lot belong to and the date that you purchased the lot on. This information is required in China.

To make lots more manageable, you can divide them into books .