Oracle eBusiness Suite:Order Management Serial Number

No control: Serial number control not established for this item. All material transactions involving this item bypass serial number information.

At inventory receipt: Create and assign serial numbers when you receive the item. Thereafter, for any material transaction, you must provide a serial number for each unit.At sales order issue: Create and assign serial numbers when you issue (ship) the item against a customer sales order. (Internal requisition orders do not require a serial number when you ship the item.) If you receive an item on an RMA (return material authorization), you must specify the same serial numbers you created at sales order issue. All other material transactions for this item bypass serial number information.Predefined: Assign predefined serial numbers when you receive the item. Thereafter, for any material transaction, you must provide a serial number for each unit.

Change Back and Forth From	To	When
Dynamic entry at inventory receipt	Predefined serial numbers	Any time
Dynamic entry at sales order issue	No serial number control	Any time
Dynamic entry at inventory receipt	No serial number control	Item has no on-hand quantity
Dynamic entry at sales order issue	Predefined serial numbers	Item has no on-hand quantity
Predefined serial numbers	No serial number control	Item has no on-hand quantity
Dynamic entry at inventory receipt	Dynamic entry at sales order issue	Item has no on-hand quantity

You can change back and forth between certain options under the following conditions: