Introduction
Introduces QAD Serialization, describes concepts associated with serialized inventory and license plate inventory management, and explains industry challenges and the solutions of QAD.

Benefits
Describes the main features of Serialization programs and Serialization functions introduced into QAD EE programs and processes.

Serialization Programs
Lists Serialization menus, submenus, and programs and provides a list of existing QAD EE programs changed because of Serialization.

Serialization is the act of assigning a unique identifier to items or packaging. Assigning serial IDs identifies each type of packaged inventory uniquely, including the following:

Item serialization is the ability to track and trace each purchased, produced, or salable unit independently yet with supplier or production lot numbers. QAD-provided item serialization capabilities let you manage high-volume, mass serialization. You can track and trace while concurrently managing and controlling logistics requirements using lot (batch) numbers.

Companies greatly benefit from the QAD-provided item serialization capabilities when they produce a high number of units of sale per production lot and also require that the units be tracked and traced individually.

License plate inventory management is a material-handling concept that lets you handle activities by identifying inventory with a license plate number (LPN) and containerizing inventory. The objective is to make inventory movements more efficient by moving inventory as a group, rather than by individual item or lot/serial number. The functions let you package inventory in both single-level and multiple-level packaging. Each packaging unit may require its own LPN and can be aggregated with a higher-level pack.

License plate numbering is typically a requirement of companies who require efficient inventory receipt or movement when the inventory consists of one or multiple packaging levels. It is also a requirement of companies who require serialized item units for a full genealogy of serial tracking and tracing at all packaging levels up to the serialized item units.

License plate inventory management and item serialization features and functions are integrated with inbound receipts, outbound shipment, internal production, and inventory management transactions. These enhanced capabilities improve support for material handling activities in the warehouse and on the shop floor by providing: