Serial Numbers in Inventory Management

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Definition: Assigning a serial number to equipment enables its management from an inventory perspective.
Purpose: Helps track inventory stock of equipment.
Requirements: Need a material with a serial number profile.
- Equipments are linked with materials and serial numbers in the equipment master record.
- Construction type field in the equipment master represents the material code.
- Combination of material code, serial number, and equipment number is unique.

Manual Creation Example:
- Material code: 1710
- Stock: 3 pieces
- For manual creation: Use T-code IQ01
- Enter material, plant, storage location, and serial number
- Example Serial Number: 1003, Next: 1004
- Equipment is activated and necessary data is populated in various tabs.

Verification: Stock of materials can be checked using T-code MMB.
Example: Material code 1710 shows stock as 3 units.
Serial numbers associated with each unit can be viewed.
In equipment master, check 'Serialization Data' tab for material and serial number details.

Serial numbers are crucial for managing inventory and assigning a unique number to each equipment.
Maintaining the linkage between material, serial number, and equipment is vital for accurate inventory records.
Detailed steps for creating and linking serial numbers with equipment in the system are shown.