Enable Serial Tracking for Engineering Parts
Explanation
Use this activity to enable serial tracking for a part that starts out in IFS Engineering.
Prerequisites
- An IFS/Part Catalog record must exist for the part.
- The unit of measure for the part must be PCS or
another unit of measure that is defined with a unit type of Discrete and is
registered in the IFS/PDM Configuration
Product Basic
Data/Defaults.
- If the serial part is in a PDM structure, all parent parts must
also be serial parts with the After Delivery Serial Tracking flag
set. (The flag, Inventory Serial Tracking, may be optionally
set.)
System Effects
- The part will be defined as a serial part (a part with
serial tracking).
- If the Inventory Serial Tracking flag is
set, the part will have a serial number in the inventory and throughout the life
cycle.
- If the
Inventory Serial Tracking flag is set, it will be mandatory to
enter serial numbers when receiving purchase orders or shop orders. A serial part record for the part is created in the serial catalog
when a shop order or purchase order is received.
- The system will automatically create serial part tables for the serial
part in IFS/Vehicle Information Management ( VIM) and IFS/Project Delivery.
- If the Inventory
Serial Tracking flag is set and the serial numbers will be used in
Project Delivery,
the serial numbers will be reserved in the delivery structure and transferred to the
corresponding shop order when the order is created. If only the After Delivery Serial Tracking
flag is
set, you will be allowed to set serial numbers on the items after they are
issued from Inventory.
- If the serial numbers will be used in VIM, the serial numbers
will be displayed in the VIM serial windows and will be inserted automatically
into the serial catalog. These serials will have an In Facility
status. (These serials do not have an In Inventory status because they are not
created as a result of a purchase or a shop order receipt in inventory, most vehicle components typically never
exist in inventories, and therefore need only the After Delivery Serial
Tracking flag set.
Although some serial components in a VIM vehicle may have the Inventory
Serial Tracking flag set as well.)
Windows
Part
Related Window Descriptions
Part
Part/General
Procedure
To enable serial tracking for an engineering part:
- Open the part record in the
Part window and click
the
General tab.
- Select the After Delivery Serial Tracking check box, if not
previously selected. (This check box must be selected to enable
serial tracking for engineering parts.)
- Optionally, select the Inventory Serial Tracking check box, if not previously
selected. (You cannot select the Inventory Serial Tracking check
box unless you also select the After Delivery Serial Tracking check
box. Selecting both check boxes enables "full serial tracking" for
the part. )
- Save the record.