Stock > Inquiries > Movements > Traceability 

Use this function to view the log file (trace) of a given lot. This log file displays:

  • Upstream: the flow that led to the manufacturing (or delivery) of this lot;
  • Downstream: the split of this lot into other lots, with all the events linked to these lots' history (purchase receipts, quality control, WOs, customer deliveries, etc.).

SEEINFOThis function manages the inter-site traceability.

Prerequisite

SEEREFERTTO Refer to documentation Implementation

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Header

Presentation

Enter in the header the selection criteria for the lot to be tracked.

  • The product code is mandatory.
  • The lot, sub-lot and serial number are optional. If this information is not entered, you must either select an entry type or a BP.

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Fields

The following fields are present on this tab :

Block number 1

  • Sign (field TRKSEL)

Select the direction of the search:

  • Upstream: to recover the flow(s) that led to the last step of the lot (customer deliveries, work orders, etc.).
  • Downstream: to trace the lot in other lots, up until the last step of these lots.

Enter the reference of the product for which the stock needs to be inquired.

  • Lot (field LOTSEL)

Reference of the lot number to be processed.

  • Sublot (field SLOSEL)

Reference of the sub-lot number to be processed.

  • Serial number (field SERSEL)

Reference of the serial number to be processed.

Block number 2

  • Entry type (field VCRTYPSEL)

Enter a document type if you wish to filter the inquiry and restrict it to this type of document.

  • Entry number (field VCRNUMSEL)

Enter the document number reference to inquire, depending on the chosen document type.

 

Enter the BP code or use the Lookup tool to search from the BP table.

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Tab Traceability

Presentation

The traceability of the various stock movements is displayed as in a graph.
Click Detail to display the log file details.

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Fields

The following fields are present on this tab :

Grid

  • Level (field LEV)

This field defines the entity level in the entity hierarchy. 
Each entity owns an attachment entity of a higher level, except for level-1 entities.
The number of levels is limited to the pyramid levels.

Enter or select the storage site where the selected product is active.

The Selection icon (magnifying glass) only suggests products that are referenced in the products-sites table.

This field indicates the product reference code. It is generated by a sequence number counter (set up in function Sequence number counters) in the case when the product category has a sequence number counter code.

The reference cannot be modified. It is automaticaly assigned and displayed at product creation end.

  • Description 1 (field ITMDES1)

This is the description entered on the product record. This description is transferred from the sales invoice to the purchase invoice in case of inter-company invoicing. When the invoice stems from another document, the standard description is inherited from the source line.

  • Lot (field LOT)

This field indicates the lot linked to the stock movement.

  • Sublot (field SLO)

This field indicates the lot linked to the stock movement.

  • Serial number (field SERNUM)

This is the product serial number.

This field indicates the product management unit in which are expressed:

  • The stock
  • The standard price
  • The BOM link quantity, etc.

This information is always displayed, regardless of the transaction used. It cannot be modified.

  • STK quantity (field QTYSTU)

Quantity in stock unit calculated from the ordered quantity in order unit.

If the entered quantity is not a multiple of the order unit, a warning message is displayed. By default the minimum purchase quantity or the quantity of considered requirements is suggested. Under no circumstances the quantity entered is lower than these quantities.

You can modify this quantity if the order unit is a product packing unit, whose coefficient can be modified (see Packing unit table on the Units section of the Product record) but cannot be used with the other units (product purchase unit, supplier purchase unit, supplier packing unit, stock unit).

If you modify the quantity in stock unit, the factor expressed between the order unit and the purchase unit is adjusted.

  • Allocation date (field IPTDAT)

 

  • Status (field STA)

This field indicates the product status (A, Q, R).

SEEINFO When the status changes from A to Q, the stock keeps the same location (no stock movement to be controlled).

  • Entry type (field VCRTYP)

Document type that must be taken into account during the signature process or during a signature cancellation.

  • Entry (field VCRNUM)

The document type, the document number and the document line number are used to identify the origin of the stock movement:

  • Supplier receipt
  • Customer delivery
  • Work order
  • Receipt movement
  • Entry line no. (field VCRLIN)

The number of the journal line to process.


    Enter the BP code or use the Lookup tool to search from the BP table.

    • Movement type (field TRSTYP)

    Type of the transaction to be set up, to be chosen among the various proposed values. Each transaction type corresponds to an identified stock movement.
    The access to some parameters of the transacrtion or to some values of local menus depends on the chosen transaction type.

    • Transaction (field TRSNUM)

    The code of the transaction is used to identify the stock transaction setup.

    If several transactions have been set up for a same transaction type (input, issue,etc.), a window appears to select one of them.

    • Analysis request (field QLYCTLDEM)

    The analysis requests are automatically generated by several transactions, according to the setup:

    - receipts to stock with status Q,

    - manual status change to a status Q,

    - change from an expiry status to a status Q,

    The analysis request is used:

    - to list the products and lots pending control,

    - to keep a history of data entered during the quality control,

    - to keep the link with the receipt or the work order to be controlled. A lot can have several simultaneous analysis requests if it has been subject to several separate receipts.

    The sequence number for the analysis requests can be set up via the sequence number function.

    • Identifier 1 (field PALNUM)

    Use this field to enter additional information, if necessary.

    • Identifier 2 (field CTRNUM)

    This field indicates the first recorded identifier.

    • Source document type (field VCRTYPORI)

     

    • Original document (field VCRNUMORI)

    This is the journal number at the origin of the requirement.

    • Source document line (field VCRLINORI)

     

    • field USRFLD1

     

    • field USRFLD2

     

    • field USRFLD3

     

    • field USRFLD4

     

    • Creation user (field CREUSR)

    This field displays the user who created (entered) the record.

    • Date created (field CREDAT)

    This field displays the creation (entry) date of the object.

    • Total (field FLG)

    This indicator is linked to the field that follows. It enables the user to force the value of the field when it is activated.

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    Action icon

    Stock transactions

    Click this action to view the stock transactions.

    Stock by site

    Click this action to view the stock by site.

    Upstream traceability
    Downstream traceability
    Stock transactions
    Stock by site
    Stock Management Data

    Click this action to view the management data for this product.

     

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    Specific buttons

    Click this action to:

    • Change the direction;
    • Specify a limit to the log display;
    • Select the types of orders to display (customer delivery, WO receipt, Quality control,...).

    Click this action to print the displayed log file.

    Click this action to view the detail of the generated log file (transaction type, BP, description, etc.) by changing the display mode (grid).

    Click this action to view the log file, based on the defined criteria.

    Limitations

    You cannot use this function to view the components used in an Assembly, or recovered after a Disassembly.

    Error messages

    In addition to the generic error messages, the following messages can appear during the entry :

    Enter at least a lot, an entry type, an entry number or a BP.

    The selection is not sufficient.

    Product .... : non-existent record

    The product entered does not exist in the general product file.

    Tables used

    SEEREFERTTO Refer to documentation Implementation