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Create and Manage Serial IDs
Using license plate inventory management and item serialization programs, you can define which items require item serialization and license plate inventory management. You define the serial ID sequence number format and rules for the system to assign numbers. Serial IDs are sequential.
The format and rules help you to comply with standard formats used in the industry. You can assign specific number formats or number ranges by:
• Domain
• Site
• Customer or supplier
• Item-BOM code
• Packaging type for both serialized and non-serialized items
You can assign specific number ranges or serial ID numbers to be booked for a specific SO or WO. You can use SO booking functions so that you know which serial IDs are in use and track them, or you can provide serial IDs ahead of time to suppliers.
Even though you cannot book a range for a production line or PO, you can create a serial ID range and associate the range with a supplier address. Then you can create serial IDs in advance of the PO or shipper receipt. In this way, you create serial IDs and provide them to a supplier in advance for future receipts.
For production lines, you can also create serial IDs in advance. Although you cannot assign a serial ID by production line, you can, however, create different BOM codes for different lines for an item. And then you create packs for the production line and reference the BOM code.
Serial Stages
You can define specific serial stage codes to track the current situation of a serial number before, during, and after inventory processing. These codes include system- and user-defined codes for active serial numbers related to stock in inventory. The system stores serial ID ranges and other serial data independently from lot detail data and inventory transaction history.

Serial ID Stages
 
Stage
System- or User-Defined
Comments
Active
System
Serial IDs become active once inventory has been received in the system.
Aggregated
System
Aggregated lets you know that the serial number belongs to a packaging structure that has a higher-level hierarchy. It drives validations for active packages (inventory still in the system). Business logic determines whether aggregated serial IDs are active or decommissioned.
Booked
System
Serial IDs are booked for use. Work Order Serial Booking and SO/RMA Serial Booking use this stage.
Consumed
System
Stage set through ISS-SO or ISS-UNP transactions.
Also for WO component issue or when components are backflushed, using the backflush transaction.
Decommissioned
System
All items or lower-level packs are removed from the package; however, you can reload them.
New
System
New serial ID. Pack Create by WO, Pack Create by Production Line, Pack Create by PO/Shipper, Pack Create by Pack Structure, and Pack Create by Pack Code use this stage.
Pending
System
Pending stage is used by Pack Receipt by WO, Pack Receipt Unplanned, and Pack Receipt by Production Line. The stage identifies that a packaging structure has been created and receipt is being held until staff completes building packs and is ready to receive.
Picked
System
The serial IDs are in use for picking. Pre-Shipper/Shipper Picking and Pre-Shipper/Shipper Pack Build use this stage.
Unused
System
Unused stages are for numbers that were initially reserved or booked for an order, but not commissioned. They can be reused.