Serials and lots in Warehousing

Keeping track of serialized items increases the number of transactions, especially if you select the Serials in Inventory check box in the Items - Warehousing (whwmd4500m000) details session.

Only select the Serials in Inventory check box in low volume scenarios such as to allocate a specific serialized item to an order. Selecting the check box in a high volume scenario results in considerable database growth for Warehousing and financial integrations. For example, a shipment of 10 similar anonymous items is handled as one transaction of 10 pieces. In case of serialized items, every serialized item results in a separate transaction.

If the Serials in Inventory check box is cleared, you can still assign, for example, a specific serialized item to an outbound order during the outbound procedure to know which serialized item is shipped to a specific customer. In this way, no extra database growth occurs.

The Lot in Inventory check box in the Items - Warehousing (whwmd4500m000) details session also affects database growth and system performance. However, the multiple items in a lot are not processed individually as is the case with serialized items, so the impact of lots will be less than serialized items.