Stock Control Help
Traceable stock can only be issued when it has been assigned and released. The process of assignment is the one in which you give the items their serial or batch numbers, and this is done either at the time of booking in the stock receipts, or subsequently, using one of the assignment functions described earlier in this guide.
Regardless of the setting of the Receive via GRN Only option, you cannot issue traceable stock from a quarantine warehouse. See also the topic Setting Options for Stock Module.
There is an option on the Set Options forms for the SOP and Invoicing applications called Select Traceable Numbers on Quantity. If this is selected, the picking process for traceable items takes place when you enter the quantity required in the document detail lines of the invoice or credit note. In other words, you select the serial or batch numbers on a line-by-line basis. If the option is cleared, the picking process takes place after you have finished all detail lines for the document.
Issues of traceable stock can be managed from several different functions. The following lists the areas within the system that result in the issue and return of stock during which traceable items can be processed:
Stock application receipts
Stock application returns
SOP or Invoicing application invoices (or delivery notes, depending on which results in a stock issue)
SOP or Invoicing application credit notes
SOP or Invoicing application batch processing (when processing documents to the level at which stock is issued which will be either invoice or delivery note)
SOP or Invoicing application repeat invoices
BOM application works order issues (in the case of assemblies that contains traceable components)
Regardless of which process you use, the basic procedure for picking traceable stock is similar. This basic procedure is described below; first for batch numbered items, then for serial numbered items.