SC-A  Edit Serial File

Purpose of Program

Use this program to view information pertaining to a specific serial number or to add or change serial number information.  You might want to enter an expiration date or notes, as an example.

The serial file contains the date the serial number originated and the purchase order number or work order number the serial number originated from.  For detailed history of serial transactions, see SC-D  Print Serial History.

Normally serial file records are created through purchase order receiving or entering finished production in the work order modules.  You can create a serial record manually, but it will not correctly update the inventory transaction file and general ledger detail file and is not recommended.  All corrections to the serial file should be made through standard transactions in the Purchase Orders, Inventory, Work Orders, and Sales Orders modules.

General Program Operation

Enter a Item number or select one by clicking on the Lookup icon (or press F2).  Next enter the Serial Number or click on the Lookup icon (or press F2) for a display of the serial numbers associated with this item number.  Highlight the one you want and press <Enter>.

The current information for this serial number will be displayed.  You may advance through the fields by pressing <Enter>.  Make any changes or additions, then click on the Save button (or press F10) to save the entry.

As a general rule you should only update the Exp Date and Notes fields while in this screen.  Changes to the date and order number fields are best done through the Purchase Orders, Inventory, Work Orders, and Sales Orders modules so that all the related transactions files are properly updated.