Field help (SERMGTCOD)

Use this field to control serial number management for this product. Select from the following serial number management methods:

• Not managed. This product does not require serial number management. This rule is applied to all transactions for this product.
• Issued. Serial numbers are not managed in stock, but they are used upon issue for customer tracking purposes.
• Received / issued. Management of serial numbers is per unit. A serial number will differentiate stock lines: n serial numbers of the same lot / sublot / status / location are present on n different stock lines. Similarly, a stock movement is generated for each serial number.
• Global received / issued. Management of serial numbers is global. The serial number will not differentiate stock lines: a range of n serial numbers of the same lot / sublot / status / location is present on one stock line. Similarly, only one stock movement is generated for a range of n serial numbers for products with identical stock characteristics.

• Negative stock is not authorized.
• The stock must be managed with stock units.
• You cannot enter the serial number of products which are on an Awaiting put-away location. You must enter them when storing them in stock.
• A product with serial numbers managed by Global received / issued cannot be used as a component in a subcontract BOM.
• Serial numbers are not automatically determined during the allocation automatic determination (GENSTOALL component), but they are during the automatic determination of the stock to be issued (GENSTOSORW component).
• The serial numbers can be identified on the detailed allocations of pick lists, deliveries and supplier returns. They cannot be identified on sales orders, work orders, subcontract orders and project tasks.

• You cannot change this value from Not managed or Issued to Global received / issued once stock transactions for this product have been recorded.
• You cannot change this value from Received / issued to Global received / issued. Use the Serial management modification function (FUNSERMGT) to do this instead.