A unique identifier representing a specific instance of a particular material being built during the manufacturing process.
This identifier can be referred to as a shop floor control (SFC) number or an SFC. It is unique across sites (see Site).
Example
PRINT900
is a material produced by the ABC
plant. The SFC number ABC5238
represents a specific instance of PRINT900
that is currently being built.
For more information, see SFC Number Processing.
An SFC number represents a quantity of the product instances, depending on the lot size of its material.
A non-serialized SFC is an SFC number with a quantity greater than one. If the SFC number has a quantity greater than one, it can be created to represent the lot of the specific instances of the material being built.
If the SFC number has a quantity of one, it can be the serial number of the specific instance of the material being built.
After its release and during its life on the shop floor, an SFC number can have one of the following statuses:
Status | Description |
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| Indicates that the SFC number has been created and released, but has not been started at any operation For example, an SFC number newly generated by |
| In the POD, SFC numbers that are signed off have the For more information, see POD Button Activities. |
| Indicates that the SFC number has been started at this operation In the POD, SFC numbers in the |
| Indicates one of the following:
|
| When an SFC number is on hold, it indicates that the SFC number should not continue through the manufacturing process until the hold is released (see SFC Place Hold). |
| Indicates that the SFC number has done one of the following:
Note An SFC number with the End of the note. |
| Indicates that SFC number has the SFC numbers in the |
| Indicates that the SFC number has the |
| Indicates that the SFC number has been scrapped (see SFC Scrap/Delete) |
| Indicates that the SFC number has a quantity of zero The system sets an SFC number's quantity to zero when the SFC number is serialized, split, or merged into another SFC number (see Serialize, SFC Split, and SFC Merge). |
| Indicates that the SFC number has been returned |
| Indicates that the SFC number is marked for deletion during archiving, but the system has not yet deleted it (see Archiving and SFC Unscrap/Undelete) |
Each SFC number can have only one status at a time.
The system generates SFC numbers on release of a shop order (see How SAP ME Generates SFC Numbers). You can also generate an SFC number using Create Trackable SFC
(see Create Trackable SFC).
You can view and change system rules that control how data is handled during SFC number serialization and split and those that determine SFC number statuses in System Rule Maintenance
(see Serialization Rules and Order Rules).
You define numbering patterns that uniquely identify SFC numbers in Next Numbering Maintenance
(see Numbering Patterns).
If you use the SAPMEINT component, see Transfer of Production Order with Serial Numbers.