Add serial numbers to a work order and operation

1. In MES Operator, open an entity that has at least one job assigned to it with both of the following conditions:

   • The job is for a work order that is producing serialized items.

   • The job is not Complete or Canceled.

2. On the Work Queue tab or on the Production tab if a job in the work order is running on the entity, click the Add/Assign SNo's button.

   

   The Add/Assign Serial Numbers dialog appears.

   

   The work order and the operation that is related to the current entity is entered by default in the Selected/Assigned Serial Numbers section of the dialog.

   

   Note: The Scan serial number field is currently not supported.

3. Select the work order and operation to which to assign the serial numbers. This will typically be the first operation in the process route at which the serialized item will be processed.

   • If you opened the Add/Assign Serial Numbers dialog from the Work Queue tab, you can select only the operation. The work order will default to that of the job that was selected before you opened the Add/Assign Serial Numbers dialog and cannot be changed. This behavior assumes that you are adding new serial numbers to begin the work order and so does not allow you to pull them from another work order.

   • If you opened the Add/Assign Serial Numbers dialog from the Production tab, you can select the work order and operation. This behavior assumes that, when producing serialized items, you might want to pull serial numbers from other work orders that have not been hard‑pegged.

   • If you leave the Operation field blank, the serial number will be assigned to the work order and not a specific operation in it. You can do this to reserve a set of serial numbers for use with only the selected work order. However, to make these serial numbers available for assignment to an item being produced, you will have to unassign them from the work order. You can then assign them to the first operation in the work order that will produce the serialized item.

   • You can enter a complete work order ID in the Work Order Filters field and click Apply to filter the Work Order Selected list. Note that partial entries (for a "contains" filter) and wildcard characters are not supported. To clear the filter entry, delete it and click Apply.

4. Select the item to be serialized in the Item Selected list.

5. Click the Add button.

   If there are already enough serial numbers to cover the amount needed for the currently selected work order, you are prompted whether you want to create more.

   Otherwise, the Add Serial Numbers dialog appears.

   

   The number of serial numbers to be added is shown in the Quantity field. It equals the number of serial numbers that are required to cover the quantity needed for the job.

6. (Optional) To change the serial number format from the default, enter the new format in the Format field.

   Remember to use the # character to represent the sequence number in the format.

7. Click the Create SNO's button.

   If additional serial numbers are not needed to cover the quantity needed for the job, you are prompted to enter how many to add.

   Otherwise, the Enter Starting Sequence dialog appears. The Last Used field shows the most recent serial number that was created so you can see where the sequence left off.

   

8. In the Starting Sequence field, enter the integer number at which to start the series for this set of serial numbers.

   You do not have to enter the preceding zeros in the serial number. For example, if you want the next sequence to start at GP000025, you can enter 25.

9. Click OK.

   The serial numbers to be created appear in the Add Serial Numbers dialog.

   

10. Click OK.

    The new set of generated serial numbers appears in the grid in the Available Serial Numbers section of the Add/Assign Serial Numbers dialog.

    

11. (Optional) To filter the list to a specific serial number, enter the complete serial number in the Serial No. Filter field and click Apply.

    Note that partial entries (for a "contains" filter) and wildcard characters are not supported.

    To clear the filter entry, delete it and click Apply.

12. To assign these serial numbers to the selected work order and, if one is selected, the operation, do one of the following:

    • To assign specific serial numbers, select their check boxes in the grid and then click the > button.

    • To assign all of the serial numbers, click the >> button.

    The serial numbers are moved to the grid in the Selected/Assigned Serial Numbers section of the dialog. They are highlighted in yellow to indicate that their assignment to the work order has not been saved yet.

    

13. (Optional) Prior to saving the assignments, to unassign serial numbers and return them to the available pool of numbers, select their check boxes in the grid and then click the < button.

14. (Optional) To save the current assignment state of the serial numbers but leave the dialog open to add more or change the assignments, click Save.

    The serial numbers that have been assigned, or unassigned, are no longer highlighted in yellow, indicating that their current state has been saved.

    

15. After saving the assignments, to unassign serial numbers, do one of the following:

    • To unassign specific serial numbers, select their check boxes in the grid and then click the < button.

    • To unassign all of the assigned serial numbers, click the << button.

    Then click Save.

16. To save the current assignment state of the serial numbers and close the dialog, click OK.

The serial numbers that you have added to the work order are now available to be assigned to produced items for the work order.

Revert serial number assignment to the last saved state

While the Add/Assign Serial Numbers dialog is open, you can revert the serial number assignments to their last saved state by clicking the Revert button.

Unassign serial numbers that have not been assigned to produced items

If a work order operation has serial numbers assigned to it that have not yet been assigned to produced items, you can unassign them from the work order or operation.

17. On the Work Queue tab or on the Production tab if a job in the work order is running on the entity, click the Add/Assign SNo's button.

    

    The Add/Assign Serial Numbers dialog appears.

18. Do one of the following:

    • To unassign the serial numbers from the operation but leave them assigned to the work order, clear the Operation list.

    • To unassign the serial numbers from the work order completely, clear both the Work Order Selected and Operation lists.

19. To unassign the serial numbers, do one of the following:

    • To unassign specific serial numbers, select their check boxes in the grid and then click the < button.

    • To unassign all of the assigned serial numbers, click the << button.

20. To save the changes, click Save to leave the dialog open or OK to close the dialog.