Serialized Item (tscfg2600m000)
Use this session to view and maintain the details of the serialized items.
The tabs refer to the following sessions:
- Counter Readings: Counter Readings by Serialized Item (tscfg2101m000) session.
- Inspections: Inspections (tscfg3100m000) session.
- Maintenance Notifications: Maintenance Notifications (tscfg3110m000) session.
- Planned Activities: Planned Activities (tsspc2100m000) session:
- Calls: Call (tsclm1100m000) session.
- Service Orders: Service Order (tssoc2100m100) session.
- Maintenance Sales Order: Maintenance Sales Order (tsmsc1100m100) session.
- Work Order: Work Order (tswcs2100m100) session.
- The serialized items that you enter in this session are also automatically entered in the Serialized Items (tcibd4501m000) session.
- You can link a serialized item to an Installation group in the Installation session.
- A tool item can be selected as a serialized item.
- If you set the status of a top serialized item to Active, you cannot delete its related physical breakdown.
- The Replace Serial Number command that starts the Replace Serial Number (tscfg2210m800) session allows you to replace the old serial number with the new serial number, is displayed only when you select the Configuration Status Usage checkbox in the Configuration Management Parameters (tscfg0100m000) session.
- The fields on the Life Cycle tab are visible only if the Physical Breakdown Changes check box is selected in the Configuration Management Parameters (tscfg0100m000) session.
- Use the Synchronize to Physical Breakdown Structure option to synchronize the modified serialized item data with the physical breakdowns.
Field Information
- Item
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The item code of the serialized item.
In the details session you can:
- Enter the code of an item defined in the Items - Service (tsmdm2100m000) session for the basis of your serialized item.
- Enter an undefined code to create a new item (not defined in the Items - Service (tsmdm2100m000) session).
Note:You can leave this field empty if, in the Configuration Management Parameters (tscfg0100m000) session, the Empty Item Field Allowed check box is selected.
For batch repair work orders, you can only include the serialized items with status set to Defective.
The item must be of the type Serialized in the Inventory Planning module in Infor LN Common and Infor LN Service
- Serial Number
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The serial number of the serialized item.
Note:- If you create a serial number and, in the Items (tcibd0501m000) session, the Serialized check box is selected, the mask of the associated item group is used. Otherwise, the default mask set in the COM Parameters (tccom0000s000) session is used. The created number will not be shown in the Serialized Items (tcibd4501m000) session.
- If the Dummy Serial Number check box on the Item Control tab of the details session is selected, you can change the serial number by means of the Replace Dummy Serial Number (tscfg2210m700) session.
- Description
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The name or description of the Installation group.
- Search Argument
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The search key of the serialized item.
- Alternate Serial Number
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If business partners use their own serial numbers as an alternative to the item's manufacturer's one, the business partner's alternative is given in this field.
Note: In the Configuration Management Parameters (tscfg0100m000) session, the Display by Alternate Serial Numbers check box determines how LN browses when zooming to serialized items. - Installation Group
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The installation group to which the top item is linked.
This field is automatically filled:
- If you link the serialized item to an Installation group in the Installation session.
- If you link the serialized item to a physical breakdown of which the top serialized item is already linked to an Installation group.
Note: If you link a serialized item (that has a physical breakdown) to an Installation group, LN links all the serialized items in the physical breakdown to the same Installation group. - Description
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The name or description of the Installation group.
- Creation Time
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The time when the serialized item data is entered into LN.
- Owner
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The sold-to business partner who owns the serialized item.
Note:- If you link the top serialized item in a physical breakdown to an Installation group, LN enters the sold-to business partner of the Installation group in this field and disables the field.
- The serialized items that are related to the top serialized item have the same sold-to business partner.
- If the Installation group that the top serialized item is linked to has its Department field filled (in the Installation Group dynamic session), this field will be empty and disabled. If you want to enable this field, clear the Department field in the Installation Group session.
- Address
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The address (code) of the sold-to business partner.
- Address Code
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The (code of the) address where the serialized item is located.
- Address
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The serialized item's address details.
- Last Updated Time
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The date and time at which the records were most recently updated.
- Terms Expire On
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The expiry date of the warranty term that has the longest validity duration.
For example, if a serialized item's warranty type is Supplier and the serialized item's warranty contains the following warranty terms:
- Material X, duration 12 months.
- Labor Y, duration 6 months.
- The operational date is 01-01-2003.
The Terms Expire On field of the serialized item displays: 01-01-2004
- Repair Warranty Duration
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Defaulted from service-item data or enter the repair warranty duration on each of the serialized item concerned.
Note: LN Service considers Repair Warranty Duration defined by the user for applying the repair warranty coverage - Repair Warranty Duration Unit
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The unit used to specify the repair warranty duration.
- Cost Coverage
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Specifies whether the item is covered by a service contract.
- Subcontractor
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If the serialized item requires any subcontracted service and maintenance work, this subcontractor (buy-from BP) is responsible for carrying it out.
Note:- The subcontractor must be an active buy-from business partner.
- If the serialized item is covered by a service contract, this field cannot not be modified.
- If the serialized item is derived from a service item, the subcontractor will be defaulted from that service item.
- Name
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The name of the subcontractor (buy-from BP).
- Ship-from Business Partner
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The business partner who carries out the subcontracted service or maintenance work for the item. Typically used when the subcontractor (buy-from BP) has several branches, the ship-from BP is the branch that carries out the subcontracting work.
Note:- Ship-from BP can only be filled in if the subcontractor is filled in.
- Ship-from BP must be related to the subcontractor (buy-from BP).
- Ship-from BP must be active.
- Name
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The name of the ship-from BP.
- Ship-from Address
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The address of the ship-from BP.
- Blanket Agreement
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Note:
- This field can only be filled if the Subcontractor field is filled.
- If the serialized item is derived from a service item, the blanket agreement is defaulted from that service item.
This field will be filled in by default and cannot be modified if the serialized item is:
- Covered by a service contract.
- Part of the physical breakdown of a serialized item covered by a service contract.
- Part of an Installation group whose top serialized item is covered by a service contract.
- Contact Person
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The contact of the sold-to business partner.
- General
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If this check box is selected, additional text regarding general details about the item has been created.
Note: You can print this text with the Print Serialized Items (tscfg2400m000) session. - Technical
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If this check box is selected, additional text regarding technical details about the item has been created.
Note: You can print this text with the Print Serialized Items (tscfg2400m000) session. - Specification
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If this check box is selected, additional text regarding item specifications has been created.
Note: You can print this text with the Print Serialized Items (tscfg2400m000) session. - Operations Department
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The service department that usually carries out the activities on the serialized item.
Default value
If the serialized item is part of an Installation group, the default service department for the item will be the one assigned to the Installation group in the Installation Group session.
- Calendar
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The calendar that details the times when the serialized item is available for service or maintenance. LN uses the calendar when you release a service order.
- Usage Class
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The serialized item's usage class.
Note: If you generate a maintenance plan, LN only selects the maintenance concepts with the same usage class. - Priority
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Indicates the priority of the serialized item. The priority can affect the response times in the Call Management module.
Note: Increasing the number decreases the priority. - Preferred Engineer Field Service
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The service engineer preferred to perform the maintenance for the serialized item. Infor LN defaults this value defaults this value for the related service orders and service order activities.
Note: This field is applicable only if the Field Service check box is selected in the General Service Parameters (tsmdm0100m000) session. - Preferred Engineer Depot Repair
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The service engineer preferred to perform the maintenance for the serialized item. Infor LN defaults this value for the related work orders and work order activities.
Note:This field is applicable if:
- The Depot Repair check box is selected in the General Service Parameters (tsmdm0100m000) session.
- The Use Assignments in Work Orders check box is selected in the Work Order Parameters (tswcs0100m000) session.
- Serialized Item Warranty Terms
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If this check box is selected, warranty coverage is defined for the serialized item. If this check box is cleared, you can define generic warranty for the item.
- Template
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The code of the warranty template.
- Description
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The description or name of the code.
- Generic Warranty
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The code of the generic warranty.
Note: This field is applicable only if the Serialized Item Warranty Terms check box is not selected. - Description
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The description or name of the code.
- Service Office
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The code of the service office responsible for the maintenance of the serialized item.
- Description
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The description or name of the code.
- Repair Site
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The code of the site where the serialized item is maintained. The items are sent to this site for the repair activities.
- Description
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The description or name of the code.
- Warehouse
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The code of the warehouse from where the material required for the repair of the items is issued.
Note: You must specify a warehouse that is linked to the Repair Site. - Location Site
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The code of the site at which the serialized item is located.
Note: This field is enabled only if the Owner is not specified for the item. - Production Site
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The code of the site at which the serialized item is manufactured.
- Rent by Hours
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If this check box is selected,, the rental equipment can be assigned to rental agreements on an hourly basis.
Note: This value is defaulted from the Rental Equipment Terms Template (tscfg0111m000) session. - Rentable
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If this check box is selected,, the serialized item is rentable equipment.
Note:- This check box is displayed only if the Equipment as a Service check box is selected in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session.
- This check box is enabled only if the Equipment item type is used.
- You can specify the rentable equipment data on the Rental tab only if this check box is selected.
- Track GPS Location
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If this check box is selected, Infor LN tracks the GPS location of the serialized item.
- Label Layout
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The code of the label layout.
- Asset Tag
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The tag used for recognising the asset.
- Availability Type
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The code of the availability type used for the rentable serialized item.
- Description
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The description or name of the code.
- Minimal Rental Period
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The default minimum period for which the rentable serialized item must be rented.
- Rental Period Unit
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The unit in which the Minimal Rental Period is expressed.
- Default Return
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The default return address for the rental equipment.
Allowed values
- Equipment Address
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By default, the equipment is returned to the own yard. The location address of the serial is considered.
- Next Agreement Address
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By default, the equipment is moved from the first agreement location to the location of the next agreement. If the next agreement does not exist, the equipment is returned to the own yard. The location address of the serial is considered.
- Other Address
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The Change Equipment Actual Location Address (tscfg2265m000) session is displayed wherein you can select the address.
- Actual Location Address
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The code of the address where the rentable serialized item is located.
- Description
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The description or name of the code.
- In Use by Employee
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The code of the internal employee to whom the rentable serialized item is issued (loaned).
- Full Name
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The description or name of the code.
- Preferred Operator
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The operator preferred on a rental agreement. This preferred operator is used as a default for the preferred engineer on the Service Order Activity, for a rental agreement.
Note:- This field is displayed only if:
- The Equipment as a Service check box is selected in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session.
- The Field Service check box is selected in the General Service Parameters (tsmdm0100m000) session.
- This field is applicable only if the Item is specified and is of the type, Equipment.
- This field is displayed only if:
- Rental Agreement
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The default code of the rental agreement for the rentable serialized item.
- Business Partner
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The code of the external business partner to whom the rentable serialized item is issued (rented out).
- Description
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The description or name of the code.
- Address
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The code of the address for the external business partner.