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SerialNumbersandmaterials
ByWillemHoek
Serializationisawaytokeeptrackofindividualitems(materialmasters).Whenprocessingtransactions,exampleGoodsReceipt,Physical
Inventory,etc..youdon'tjusttypeinmaterialandquantitybutalsotheserialnumbersoftheindividualitems.Serialnumbersisauniquenumberthat
identifyanitem.Exampleifquantityis2,oneneedtoindicateserialnumbersofthetwoitems.Areportisavailabletoshowallmovementsfora
spesificserialnumber.
LetsgothroughasimpleexampletodoaPhysicalInventorypostingonamaterialwhereweactivateserialnumbers.
SettingupMasterdata
AmaterialisactivatedinPlant/DataStorage2viewofmaterialmaster.FieldMARCSERNP.Theoptions(serializationprofiles)aresetupin
configurationanddefinehowitwillbeused(seebelow).

Usingitintransactions
LetslookananInventoryManagementtransactionforthismaterial,transactionMI10todoastockadjustmentandseewheretheserialnumbers
areused.

Forthismaterial,serializationisactive,sothesystemforceyoutoentertheserialnumbersoftheitems,inthiscasethequantitywas2,therefore2
serialnumbers

Letslookatstockoverviewtcodemmbeandseeiftheserialnumbersarevisible.

Showingalltheserialnumbers

DoubleclickingontheserialnumbertakeyoutotransactionIQ03serialnumberpermaterial.

Historyofallinventorymanagementtransactionsrelatedtothisserialnumberarevisiblebyhittingthe'History'button

SettingupConfiguration
IMGMenu:SalesandDistribution>BasicFunctions>SerialNumbers>DetermineSerialNumberProfiletcodeOIS2

Foreveryprofile,oneneedstospecifytheareainSAPwhereitwillbeusedandhowitwillbeused.

Serialnumberusage:
01None
02Optional
03Obligatory
04Automatic
Equipmentrequiredindicatesifaequipmentisrequired.
01Proposalwithoutequipment
02alwayswithequipment

Whatdidnotwork?
Somethingthatdidn'tworkasplanned.Iwasabletoissue(GI)thesameserialnumbermorethanonce.Thesystemwasunabletokeeptrackthat
samenumberhasbeenissuedbefore.Thisisnotgood.

SAPversionusedforthispost:SAPECC(ERPCentralComponent)5.0

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