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 Serial Number Profile

Definition

A group of data, condensed under a four character abbreviation, that determines the conditions and business activities for the allocation of serial numbers to single product units.

You must enter the serial number profile in the master record of the product, the single units of which must be provided with a serial number.

Use

In the system configuration in Customizing of the ERP system, you define a serial number profile that is valid for all warehouse numbers, in other words, is warehouse-number-independent. You can, however, also define a warehouse-number-dependent serial number profile in Customizing for Extended Warehouse Managemant (EWM). Firstly, EWM searches for the warehouse number-dependent serial number-profile. Only if it does not find one does it use the warehouse number-independent serial number profile. In this way, you can make a product require a serial numberin one warehouse and not require one in another warehouse.

If you want to work with serial number profiles, assign the serial number profile in the ERP system to a product master record.

For more information about the definition of serial number profiles, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for EWM under Start of the navigation path Master Data Next navigation step Product Next navigation step Define Serial Number Profiles End of the navigation path .

Once you have assigned a serial number profile to a product master record in the ERP system, you can specify serial numbers in EWM independently of the serial number requirement.

  • For serial numbers for document items, you can determine whether serial numbers have to be entered (are mandatory) for an item type. If you have not determined this, the entry of serial numbers is optional.

  • With serial numbers at warehouse number level, you always enter a serial number in the inbound or outbound delivery (mandatory) but you also have the option of entering a serial number during another process step.

  • You can enter serial numbers in inventory management for every change in stock (mandatory).

  • If you do not want to work with serial numbers in a warehouse, then you determine No Serial Number Requirement as the serial number requirement for this warehouse, in Customizing for EWM under Start of the navigation path Master Data Next navigation step Product Next navigation step Define Serial Number Profile End of the navigation path .

For more information about entering serial numbers, see Entering and Editing Serial Numbers .

Structure

The serial number profile contains the following information:

  • Warehouse number, if you are working with a warehouse number-dependent serial number profile

  • Four character abbreviation for the serial number profile

  • Serial number profile description

  • Prefix, if you use a prefix at the beginning of the serial number (optional)

    Example Example

    You are using the number range interval 01 with the ‘from’ number 1000 and the ‘to’ number 2000 and specify ENGINE as the prefix in Customizing. EWM creates the following serial numbers, for example: ENGINE1000 or ENGINE1001.

    End of the example.

  • Serial number

    If EWM is to use a number range object and a number range number to determine the serial number, the serial number profile contains the following information:

    • Number range object

    • Number range number that determines the number range interval

      Example Example

      You want EWM to use an automatic serial number allocation from the same number range interval ( 01 ) for two different products ( A and B ). In Customizing for the ERP system, you assign the same serial number profile ( SNP1 ) to the master record of products A and B . In Customizing in the serial number profile SNP1 , you specify the number range object Z1 and the number range interval 01 . EWM automatically allocates serial numbers from the number range interval 01 to all products that you have assigned to the serial number profile SNP1 , for example A and B .

      End of the example.

  • Indicator for automatic numbering, if EWM is to continue counting from the last allocated serial number.

  • Serial number requirement type , for which you have to execute a serialization, for example, serial number requirement for document items