Serial Number Control

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/17/2009 - 17:02 Tag:

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A serial number is an alphanumeric piece of information that you assign to an individual unit of an item. A serialized unit is a combination of an item and a serial number. You can track individual units of items by using serial numbers. Serial number control is a system technique for enforcing the use of serial numbers during a material transaction. You use serial numbers to track items over which you want to maintain very tight control.

Steps to Implement Serial Number Control for Your Items 1. 2. 3. Choose organization-level serial number uniqueness and default generation options. Enter item-level serial number control options. Define serial numbers to assign to serial-controlled items./Enter transactions for serial-number-controlled items. 4. Update information for specific serialized units. Uses in Oracle Inventory

Material Transactions: You can enter serial numbers when you use inventory transactions to move serialized units. Cycle Counts: You can enter cycle counts for items under serial number control. Physical Inventory: You can enter physical inventory counts for items under serial control. Reports and Inquiries: Oracle Inventory reports and inquiry windows display serial number information for items and transactions.

Types of Serial Number Uniqueness You can choose one of three types of serial number uniqueness control for your organization:

Within inventory items Within organization Across organizations

Uniqueness applies only to the organization establishing the type of control.For example, if organization M1 Mfg. establishes unique serial numbers across organizations, it cannot use a serial number already used by organization Sacramento Mfg. However, M2 Mfg., with a different type of control, can still use serial numbers already used by Austin Mfg. Therefore, if you choose unique serial numbers across organizations for one of your organizations, you should make sure that you set the same uniqueness control for all other organizations. Serial Number Generation Options @organization parameter At Item Level You can specify a starting serial number prefix and a starting serial number when you define

the item. Oracle Inventory uses the starting serial number prefix and the starting serial number for each item to generate serial numbers for that item. At Organization Level You can specify a starting serial number prefix and a starting serial number when you enter organization parameters. Oracle Inventory uses the starting serial number prefix and the starting serial number to generate serial numbers for all items. Serial Number Generation Options @Item No Control: Do not enter serial number data when you transact your item. Predefined: You must enter serial number data whenever you use the item in a material transaction in Oracle Inventory. Use the Generate Serial Numbers window to generate serial numbers for the item. You can assign predefined serial numbers to receive the item into inventory. At Receipt: You must enter serial number information whenever you use the item in a material transaction. Create and assign serial numbers when you receive the item in to inventory. You do not have to generate your serial numbers ahead of time; you can enter them dynamically at transaction time. At Sales Order Issue: Create and assign serial numbers when you issue the item against a sales order. You do not have to use serial number information for any other types of material transaction. You do not have to generate your serial numbers ahead of time; you can enter them at transaction time. If you receive an item with this control option back into inventory on a return materials(s) authorization (RMA), you must specify the serial numbers you created on sales order issue.

Revision Control
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/17/2009 - 11:11 Tag:

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A revision is a particular version of an item, bill of material, or routing. You use revision quantity control to track item quantities by item revision. To do so you must specify a revision for each material transaction. You can enable revision quantity control for items for which you must track version changes or changes that are significant enough to track but are not affecting the function and feature of the item and therefore do not require an item change.

Steps to Implement Revision Control for Items in Your Organization

1. 2. 3. 4. Define a default starting revision for each organization. Enable revision quantity control for items. Define revision numbers to use for each revision-controlled item. Enter revision numbers when you perform transactions.

Uses in Oracle Inventory

Material Transactions You can enter revision numbers for revision-controlled items during inventory transactions. Reservations You can place holds on specific revisions of items. Accuracy You can enter revision numbers for revision-controlled items whenever you enter physical inventory counts and cycle counts. Reports and Inquiries Oracle Inventory reports and inquiry windows display revision information for revision-controlled items.

Starting Default Revision for an organization

You can define a starting revision that Oracle Inventory uses when creating items. Revisions can be in numerical or alphabetical order. If you do not enter a starting revision, Oracle Inventory makes the starting revision number zero. When you save your item, Oracle Inventory assigns to the item the starting revision number from the Organization Parameters window. This is the base revision of your item. If you introduce additional versions of the item, you must first define them in the Item Revisions window. Enable Revision Control Attribute Revision control is an item attribute. If you maintain the revision control attribute at the item master level, each item must have the same kind of revision control in each organization that carries the item.If you maintain the revision control attribute at the organization level, each item may have a different kind of revision control in each organization that carries the item. Revision Quantity Control : If you select the Revision Control check box for an item, you must enter a revision number when you enter transactions for the item. If you clear the Revision Control check box for an item, you do not have to enter revision information when you enter a material transaction for the item. You will not be able to track quantities of each different version of the item.

Defining Item Revisions You can define multiple revision numbers and effective dates for each revisioncontrolled item. You can assign revisions in sequence by effective date. Revisions must be in alphabetical or numerical order, and you must choose one of the revision numbers when you enter transactions, physical inventory counts, and cycle counts. You must enter a revision number for each revision-controlled item that you transact. Engineering Change Order You can add a revision number when you enter an engineering change order or when you transfer items, bills, and routings from engineering to manufacturing. Oracle Inventory displays the engineering change order that added the revision. Oracle Inventory displays the date on which you entered the engineering change order or when you transferred the item using the Transfer to Manufacturing window.