Reserve Serial Numbers

Explanation

Use this activity to reserve a range of serial numbers for a specific shop order. The reserved serial numbers are used when the system receives parts into inventory.

Note: If the inventory part has the structure effectively set to serial, only numeric values can be reserved as serial numbers. You cannot reserve serial numbers that already exist in the Part Serial window or that are reserved on another order.

Prerequisites

This activity requires a shop order created for the parent part for which the At Receipt & Issue check box is selected under the Serial Tracking area in the General tab of the Part window.

System Effects

As a result of this activity, the system reserves a range of serial numbers for a specific shop order. The reserved range of serial numbers is used when receiving the parts into inventory.

Window

Shop Order
Shop Orders
Receive Shop Order

Related Window Descriptions

Shop Order
Shop Orders
Receive Shop Order
Reserve Serials for Shop Order
Shop Floor Workbench

Procedure

Right-click and then click Tracking > Reserve Serial No.
To reserve non-consecutive serial numbers, click New, and then type the numbers in the Serial No field for each serial number.
To reserve a serial number range, click Sequence. Click New, and then specify the range in the From Serial No and To Serial No fields. To add a suffix and/or a prefix, type the characters in the Suffix and Prefix areas.
If you want to generate a sequence with zeros added to the beginning of each serial number up to the total defined length. Click Set Length and enter the desired length. Click OK.
Click OK again.