Serial Entry at Pick

Serialize at pick confirm is a method of assigning and tracking serial numbers entered at pick confirmation. You can serialize these items at pick confirm (instead of at the time of issue) for tracking and visibility purposes.

This lets you easily identify which material is destined to what demand and take any further actions. This also reduces the burden on the shipping agent since the picking operator scans the serial numbers ahead of time.

Here are important aspects of serial entry at pick:

• Transactions supported

• Serial generation option

• Serial number entry at ship confirm

• Review completed transactions

• Return material authorizations

Transactions Supported

You can use serial entry at pick confirm for these inventory transaction types:

• Sales order pick

• Transfer order pick

• Transfer order return pick

• Movement request issue

Serialize at pick confirm is supported for internal material transfers between two inventory organizations (interorganization transfer) including expense destinations. Internal material transfers between two subinventories (intraorganization or intersubinventory transfers) are only supported for expense destination types.

You can use serial entry at pick confirm for these manufacturing related transactions:

• Work in Process Material Issue

• Work in Process Material return

• Work in Process Negative Component Issue

• Work in Process Negative Component Issue Return

Serial Generation Option

To use serial entry at pick confirm you must select Entry at inventory pick for the serial generation option for the item. When the item serial generation method is set to Entry at inventory pick, serial numbers can't be recorded at the time of receipt or put away. The actions for recording and generating serial numbers are disabled on the Put Away Lines page.

Once the Generate Serial Numbers scheduled process runs and the serial numbers have been generated for the item, you can view them on the Manage Serial Numbers page.

Serial Number Entry at Ship Confirm

There can be cases when the serial number entered at pick confirm needs to be updated at ship confirm. For example, a serial number entered at pick confirm is Serial 1, but now at ship confirm the serial number needs to be changed to Serial 2. You can use the Manage Shipment Lines page to update the serial number at ship confirmation.

Review Completed Transactions

You can view serial numbers that you enter at pick confirm on the Review Completed Transactions page. The serial numbers are shown in the context of the inventory transaction. For example, serial numbers display for an inventory transaction such as movement request issue if the item serial generation method is Entry at inventory pick.

Return Material Authorizations

When receiving return material authorizations for items with the serial generation method of Entry at inventory pick, different things happen depending on the Validate Serial Number receiving parameter.

If the Validate Serial Number parameter is enable and Distributed Order Orchestration has transmitted serial numbers to Receiving, then the serial number field is a list of values. The serial numbers displayed in the list of values are restricted to those that are shipped by Distributed Order Orchestration.

If the Validate Serial Number parameter is disabled or Distributed Order Orchestration hasn't transmitted serial numbers to Receiving, then the serial number field is a text field.

After receiving and put away, the serial number usage updates to Defined but not used.