Understanding Tracking and Tracing

You might want to view the transactions that have affected a lot, such as:

• The receipts and inventory issues that were generated as a result of assigning items to the lot.

• The inventory issues, work order completions, and sales that were generated as a result of removing items from the lot.

Use lot tracing to view the transactions in which items were assigned to the lot. If the lot contains kit or assembled items, you can identify the parts that were used to assemble items in the lot and the lots from which the parts came.

Use lot tracking to view the transactions in which items were removed from the lot. You can identify items that have been assembled using parts from the lot and the lots to which the assembled items were assigned.

You provide information about how you want the system to trace and track lots. For example, you specify the document types that the system monitors to trace and track lots. You also specify whether you want to view transactions for assembled items or nonassembled items by specifying a trace and track mode.