Automatic generation of lot and serial numbers for handling units

If you create a handling unit after you have registered lot or serial numbers for the associated line of this handling unit, the lot or serial numbers are automatically registered for the handling unit. Then, if you create child handling units for the handling unit, the items and the lot or serial numbers are evenly divided among the child handling units.

Example

Outbound advice line A has 10 items. A user registers serial numbers for these items. After release of outbound advice line A, the user generates handling unit A1234 for the corresponding shipment line A. The 10 serial numbers registered for outbound advice line A are automatically allocated to handling unit A1234.

Next, the user creates child handling units B1235 and C1236. Each child handling unit automatically obtains 5 serial numbers and the serial numbers are removed from parent handling unit A1234.

In the following cases, lot or serial number registration for handling units is done manually:

  • No lot and serial numbers are present on the associated line of the handling unit.
  • A package definition is used to create the handling unit structure.
  • A manually created handling unit structure, consisting of a top level and a child level, is present before the lot or serial numbers were generated.

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