Completing Work Orders with Serialized Components

When you enter a completion for serialized components, you can generate a serial number for each completed item by accessing the Assign Serial Numbers program (P3105). Another program, Serial Number Associations (P3107), is accessible only when you are associating serial number-controlled components to serial number assemblies. The system displays the preassigned serial numbers and any memo lot information on the Serial Number Associations form.

After you generate serial numbers for a work order, you associate the serialized components with a serialized assembly. To associate a serialized component with a serialized assembly, you enter the associating quantity.

In addition, the completion program enables you to enter a memo lot number to use when both lot and serial numbers are required for tracking assemblies. You can set the Serial No. Required field on the Item Branch/Plant Info. form (W41026A) to specify that the system verify the memo lot number and serial number.

When you complete work orders with components that are not serialized, you cannot assign serial numbers to the assemblies at completion.

When you set the appropriate processing options in the completion program, the system enables you to complete multiple items using the same serial number.