Serial numbers are a way to uniquely identify a product, generated either sequentially or incrementally during production.
How to start Serialization?
1. First you need to have serialization turned on so that you can generate serial numbers for your products. To do this go to Settings --> Traceability and enable the option 'Enable to register Lots / Serial numbers'
2. You can edit a product and under the Advanced fields you will have the option to make it 'Serializable' and Save.
3. After saving, you can define in which operation the serial numbers will be generated and activate the option “Allow serial number generation”. To do this edit the operation and under the advanced fields, you will have that option.
4. Now you can generate serial numbers for this product when finishing production.
Serial numbers: Automatic or Manual?
You can define if the units you are producing all have serial numbers automatically generated or if they are manually added.
To define an automatic format for your serial numbers enable the option “Automatic batch/serial number” and choose what to add in “Use Auto Serial Numbers”.
The format can be composed of these tags:
[YY] - Year (with two digits) in which the production happened.
[MM] - Month in which the production happened.
[DD] - Day in which the production happened.
[YYYY] - Year (with four digits) in which the production happened.
[DDD] - Julian Date
[INDEX] - An Index that will increase based on the order of creation to differentiate lots created with the same format (For example, if the format is [MM]/[DD]/[YY] - [INDEX], two lots created in the same day would be [MM]/[DD]/[YY] - 001 and [MM]/[DD]/[YY] - 002).
[GLOBALINDEX] - An Index that will increase regardless of the product, so that the lots' increment is not repeated in case different products are received / products.
[PRODUCTION ORDER] - Code of the production order in which the lot was produced
[PRODUCT CODE] - Code of the product produced.
[PRODUCT NAME] - Name of the product produced.
[PURCHASE ORDER] - Code of the purchase order received. Only applies to when a raw material is being received.
[PRODUCT SPEC=X] - Value of the custom field associated to the product, where X represents the custom field name. If you need help setting up a custom field, reach out to the support chat.
FAQ:
1. Why can't I see the option 'Allow serial number generation' in my operation?
That's because the option 'Serializable' it's not yet active and saved in the product.
2. What does the setting “Hide already used serial numbers” do?
This option hides serial numbers that are incomplete from the previous operation the worker is performing.
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