serial number assignment in sap

Serial number is the number which is assigned apart from the material number in SAP MM in order to differentiate between individual pieces and other material items. The combination of a material number and a serial number is always unique.

If you want to put a piece of equipment on stock – for example because it is defective and you want to refurbish it - you first have to assign a serial number. A serial number is an individual, single part within a stock of a material number - and therefore can well be combined with a piece of equipment.

A serial number profile is a set of data represented by a four-digit identification code. It defines how and for which business transaction serial numbers are assigned to individual items of a product.

1. Serial numbers for document items: Serial number requirement only at document level either in inbound ‘or’ out bound. Very useful for customer return process. Serial numbers at the warehouse level: Serial numbers are required for all goods receipt/issue and are maintained at the warehouse level.

This blog is all about the key functionalities and step by step SAP serial number configuration. Setting up Serial number profile (Tcode OIS2) In SAP, serialization can be used at different stages of material flow ( inbound , outbound, internal movements, etc.).

We will show how to create serial number profile, assign it in a material master record, and create a new serial number attached to equipment. SAP serial numbers functionality helps managing serialized stock.

In this blog, we will show how you can create a custom number range for serial numbers in your system. This demonstration will be done using the BAdI Internal Serial Number Assignment using Developer Extensibility (LOSN_SER_NUM_INT_CREATE) which is available for developer extensibility.

If you want to create several serial numbers using list editing, you can specify a starting point for the internal number assignment (a numeric number), that the system should count on from. To do so, enter this number and choose Continue , so that the system then recognizes this number.

We will show how to create serial number profile, assign it in a material master record, and create a new serial number attached to equipment. SAP serial numbers functionality helps managing serialized stock.

For example, if you post three pieces of a material, you must enter three serial numbers (or have them assigned by the system). If assignment of serial numbers is not mandatory, you can select Goto Serial number from the detail screen for an item to maintain the serial numbers.