Q. How do I serialize Work Orders which are partially done?
A. In order to invoke serialization for a product, it has to be an all-or-nothing situation. You can’t have some parts serialized and some not, otherwise there would be no way to enforce serialization tracking through the Shop Floor Tracking module and then the Packing List module.
If the user has Work Order(s) that have product BELOW the Work Center in which they wish to invoke serialization, then the user will have to move the parts (temporarily) to a work center above that point in the Shop Floor Tracking module. If the user wants serialization throughout the process, then all of the parts will have to be moved back to the Material Staging Work Center. If the user has already shipped product out of Finished Goods, then receive it back in via Inventory Handling . Move it back in the Shop Floor Tracking module to a Work Center above where you want serialization.
Locate the product number in Inventory Control Mgmt module and check the serialized box for that product. The user can then go into the WO Traveler Setup for the product and setup the Work Center in which serialization is required. After completing that process, update the Work Order(s) in process. (This action may reset the quantities in the Work Order back to the Material Staging Work Center, so that a record of the location of the product in each Work Order should be kept before doing this).
The user must then enter the WO Serial Number Control module to assign serial numbers to the Work Order before you will be able to move parts past the Work Center in which serialization is required.
Enter the Shop Floor Tracking module, move the parts back down to their respective position, including any in Finished Goods.
If the user did have to use the Inventory Handling to put the shipped product back into Finished Goods, they will have to use the Inventory Handling Issue screen to remove them from Finished Goods again. The same change number used in receiving should be used for the issuing.
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