Adding serial numbers to manufactured products ensures precise traceability and inventory control. Serial numbers can be manually entered or automatically generated based on predefined formats.
If serial number tracking is enabled for a product and you create a manufacturing order (MO) for that product, the MO will include a Traceability tab (this tab only appears for products that have serial number tracking enabled).
If no serial numbers have been added, the Traceability tab will show an exclamation point icon.
Serial numbers can be assigned to an MO if it's still Open, but you can only add as many serial numbers as the quantity planned on the MO.
Adding serial numbers to manufacturing products
To add serial numbers to an open MO, click the Traceability tab > Add numbers button.
Serial numbers can be added via two different ways:
Manually by typing each number or copying and pasting the numbers from an Excel sheet.
Automatically generating numbers based on the format defined on the product card
If you want to automatically generate numbers, click Generate and the serial numbers will be displayed following the defined format
If you're going to add the numbers manually click Add manually.
Note: Serial numbers can only contain numbers, letters, spaces, and special characters like - _ /,. There is a 32 character limit and only 1000 numbers can be entered at a time.
Once you've entered the required serial numbers, click Done and the serial numbers will be added to the MO.
If you mark the MO as Done or Partially complete, the serial numbers you inserted will be given a respective production date.
Partially complete MO
Done MO
If you're using the Shop Floor Control app to track operations, your operators can report the serial numbers of finished products. Read more.
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