Linking serial numbers to the products

[koushik704 (Koushik Mutsuddi)]

Hello,

I was searching the possibility to use serial number on products. So, it seems I found a solution from the below thread -

Serial Numbers on Products and Stock Moves

It is very important for the warehouses to be able to track the products that are stored or have left the warehouse by products’ serial numbers. This feature enables reviewing the state of a specific product - the reason and time it left the warehouse, in which warehouse it has been stored and to which it has been moved, and so on. A solution to that problem could be a new model ‘Serial Number’ which will keep track of all this activity relating the existing ‘Stock Move’ model. Since ‘Stock Mov…

So, it is suggested to use lots for product serialization. But I was also thinking how to allocate serial numbers to multiple units of the same product. Let’s assume the following use case -

We are going to purchase 5 iPhones (same product.variant) from a supplier where each phone is having individual IMEI number. Therefore, we need to give each mobile a distinct serial number as we need to track each phone for warranty and after sales tracking purpose. From my understanding, I think the steps to link serial numbers to each individual phone are -

1. We need to create 5 serial numbers for iPhone (product.variant)
2. We create a PO with 5 units of iPhone
3. We process the PO
4. We need to create a supplier shipment
5. We need to allocate the incoming move to the supplier shipment
6. We need to link each iPhone (out of 5 quantities) to individual serial number while receiving the supplier shipment. From the incoming move of the supplier shipment we have the option to allocate a lot to a product.

Can we allocate 5 different serial numbers to these 5 iPhones within the same receive? I assume no because we can allocate only one lot for each receive of the supplier shipment.

Is there any other way to link a specific product with a serial/lot number if we are not able to link multiple units of same product to different serial numbers from a single receive?

[albert (Albert Cervera i Areny)]

@koushik704

Can we allocate 5 different serial numbers to these 5 iPhones within the same receive?

Yes, you should use the stock_split [1] module which will allow you to split the stock move with quantity 5 into 5 stock moves with quantity 1.

[1] modules/stock_split: log

[timitos (Korbinian Preisler)]

You should have a look at the stock_lot_unit module too:
http://hg.tryton.org/modules/stock_lot_unit/

[ced (Cédric Krier)]

And their documentations are Stock Split Module — trytond_stock_split latest documentation and Stock Lot Unit Module — trytond_stock_lot_unit latest documentation