Uniqueness in Serial Number

[Former Member]

Hi All,

I have activated serial number management for Production Order, Goods Issue & Goods Receipt

In system, same serial numbers can be use for many materials for all above scenarios

only uniqueness is Material & serial number combination

for e.g Material X - serial numbers - 100,101,102,103

          Material Y - serial numbers - 100,101,102,103

I need to configure system as, serial number can't be repeated once used for any material

is it standard SAP Behavior, Please suggest

[carl_korn]

Pushkar --

I don't believe you can force SAP to use a serial number only once for all materials without customization.  I believe batch management allows you to make batches unique by material (which you don't want), by plant (which may come close), or by client (which makes a batch number completely unique within your client).

Of course, managing your process using batch numbers instead of serial numbers is certainly a big cultural change.  We have one plant that manages all of their materials using batches (even those to which they apply identification plates with unique serial numbers).

Carl