Using Serial Numbers in the Delivery

Use

Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) assigns the serial number to the delivery items in the delivery document. When you are packing a delivery item, EWM also saves the assignment of the corresponding Handling Unit (HU). You can print out the serial numbers together with the delivery note.

Integration

For a detailed description on the integration of the serial number in the delivery, see Integration of the Serial Number in the Delivery .

Prerequisites

You have made the Customizing settings for the serial numbers. For more information, see Making Settings for Serial Numbers (ERP System and EWM) .
If you want to specify serial numbers in the goods receipt process, then these serial numbers must be specified with the advanced shipping notification in the ERP System. The ERP System assigns these specified serial numbers to an ERP inbound delivery and sends the ERP inbound delivery to EWM. EWM copies the predetermined serial numbers into the corresponding inbound delivery notification.
If you want to specify serial numbers in the goods issue process, then you must do so in the ERP System in the sales order. The ERP System assigns these specified serial numbers to an ERP outbound delivery and sends the ERP outbound delivery to EWM. EWM copies the predetermined serial numbers into the corresponding outbound delivery request.

Features

EWM copies the serial numbers from the ERP System in both the goods receipt and goods issue processes. If no serial numbers have been specified, then you must specify the serial number in the inbound delivery or the outbound delivery order in accordance with the serial number profile in EWM (see Specifying Serial Numbers for Creating a Warehouse Task .

If you have not defined serial numbers for products, EWM copies the serial numbers into the inbound delivery notification or the outbound delivery request. However, EWM deletes these serial numbers from the inbound delivery or the outbound delivery order.

Goods Receipt Process

EWM copies the serial number from the ERP system. It permanently saves the serial number that was sent in the inbound delivery notification . If you have determined the serial number correspondingly, EWM saves it when you make your goods receipt posting in the inbound delivery .

If the inbound delivery does not contain any HU data (that is, the HU does not specify a serial number), you can manually enter or change the serial number in the user interface up until the goods receipt posting takes place. If the inbound delivery contains HU data, carry out the change for the HU data.

Goods Issue Process

In the goods issue process, EWM determines the serial number in one of the following ways, or you enter them manually:

EWM uses the serial number from the warehouse task, for example, the serial number in inventory management.
EWM uses the serial number from the HU data.
You can enter the serial number manually on the user interface or in the Work Center for the outbound delivery for serial numbers for document items or at warehouse number level.

Note
For more information about the integration of the serial number in the delivery and on communication with the ERP system, see Integration of the Serial Number in the Delivery .

For a description of the processes for the individual serialization requirements, see:

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Printing Serial Numbers

EWM automatically prints serial numbers with the delivery note of the corresponding delivery item.

For more information, see Printing Delivery Notes .

Activities

If you want to change a serial number manually in the goods receipt process, choose the following from the SAP Easy Access screen: Start of the navigation path Extended Warehouse Management Next navigation step Delivery Processing Inbound Delivery Maintain Inbound Delivery End of the navigation path and then the Serial Number tab page.

If, during the goods issue process,you want to manually enter serial numbers in the user interface of the outbound delivery, choose Start of the navigation path Extended Warehouse Management Next navigation step Delivery Processing Outbound Delivery Maintain Outbound Delivery End of the navigation path in the SAP Easy Access screen.

If, during the goods issue process, you want to manually enter serial numbers in the work center for serial numbers for document items, choose the following from the SAP Easy Access screen: Start of the navigation path Extended Warehouse Management Next navigation step Delivery Processing Outbound Delivery Maintain Outbound Delivery Order End of the navigation path or Maintain Outbound Delivery and then the Serial Number tab page.