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Message started by Mike@TEK on 05/06/03 at 11:58:07

Title: Serial # Control
Post by Mike@TEK on 05/06/03 at 11:58:07

We would like to go ahead and start using serial control for our products. Using a simple example, I have a few questions hopefully someone could respond to:

We have previously built and shipped five red wagons, serial # 1 thru 5. We are going to create another work order to build 5 more wagons, serial #’s 6 thru 10, and ship all those through one sales order.

I think I understand how to correctly use serial numbers 6 thru 10 in regard to entering work order finished production and releasing/posting sales order invoices. My concern, in this example, is more with serial #’s 1 thru 5:

1) First, it seems OK that I can go ahead and under the wagon item #, “pre-enter” serial #’s 6-10 thru DBA menu SC-A (or serial #’s up to, let’s say, 100, if I wanted to). Is this practice indeed OK?
2) It also appears from looking at SC-A, I can enter serial #’s 1-5 (the five units previously built) and enter the work order #, date received (enter finished production date, I presume) and work order unit cost. Is this OK too?
3) If entering serial #’s for previously built and shipped wagons is OK, how do I tie those first five numbers to the invoice number under which those five shipped? Searching through the SERIAL and BKARINV files, I don’t see where the serial number ties to the invoice number.
4) Any general advice/precautions in regard to using serial # control?

Thanks!
Mike