Serial Number Assignment
You must assign serial numbers whenever you receive items under serial number control into inventory. If an item is under Predefined control, you can choose from the list of predefined serial numbers for that item. If an item is under dynamic entry At inventory receipt, you can choose from a predefined list of serial numbers or enter any serial number, depending on the uniqueness control for your organization. You can create and assign serial numbers individually or as a range to speed up data entry. If your item is under dynamic entry At sales order issue, you can only assign serial numbers when you perform a shipment transaction in Oracle Order Entry/Shipping.
Once you assign a serial number to an item, the combination of the serial number and the item is an entity known as a serialized unit. From that point on, Oracle Inventory tracks all movements and maintains the following information for each serialized unit:
The date on which you last performed a material transaction for your serialized unit. Material transactions update this information when you move your serialized unit.
Oracle Inventory assigns one of the following statuses to your serialized unit: Defined but not used, Resides in inventory, Issued out of inventory, or Resides in intransit.
The organization, subinventory, and locator in which the serialized unit currently resides. Material transactions update this information when you transfer the serialized unit.
The revision of the item when you assign the serial number to the unit.
During material transactions, you first specify the lot number and then the serial number. Oracle Inventory tracks the lot from which a specific serialized unit originates.
See Also
Assigning Serial Numbers
Overview of Inventory Transactions
Serial Number Control