Capturing External Serial Code in WMS

Owned by Alaf Azam Khan
Last updated: Sept 21, 2022
3 min read

Overview

Increff Omni now supports the feature to map External Serial Code to an Item Code.

Terminology

External Serial Code

  • External Serial Code is the Serial Number that is associated with the item during its manufacturing and is used to identify the item after its sale.

  • Marketplaces such as Amazon, Flipkart require this serial number information during the packing of orders and in case this information is not provided, packing fails for these orders.

Workflow

Products screen in OMS

Following are the steps to set the isSerialCodeRequired property for an SKU during Products creation:

  • Go to the Products screen in OMS under the Product Settings category.

  • Navigate to the New tab (default selected).

  • Download the sample CSV template.

  • The CSV template contains a header named isSerialCodeRequired along with the other SKU attributes.

  • The isSerialCodeRequired field accepts the following values:

    • True - if capturing serial code is mandatory for packing of the product

    • False - if capturing serial code is not mandatory for packing of the product

  • Enter all the SKU attribute details in the CSV.

  • Upload the CSV file.

  • Click on the Submit button.

 

⚠️ NOTE : If no value is provided in the CSV for isSerialCodeRequired, it will be considered as false.

External Serial Code Mapping screen in WMS

A new screen External Serial Code Mapping is added under the Sundry category. This screen is used to map an item code with an external serial code.

 

Following are the steps to map External Serial Code with an Item Code:

  • Go to the External Serial Code Mapping screen in WMS.

  • Scan the Item Code

  • If the Item Code is valid, then the External Serial Code field gets enabled

  • In case, if any External Serial Code has already been mapped, it will be displayed

  • Scan / Enter External Serial Code 

  • Click on the Submit button

 

Figure 1: External Serial Code mapping screen in WMS

 

Figure 2: Item code without any existing External Serial Code mapping

Figure 3: Item code with an existing External Serial Code mapping

 

⚠️ NOTE: 

  • External Serial codes can be mapped to items even though isSerialCodeRequired is False for the corresponding SKU. 

  • This feature only allows a single External Serial Code mapping. So in case, a new Serial Code is entered for an item with an existing mapping, the External Serial Code will be overwritten.

Piece Packing screen in WMS

On scanning Item Code in the Piece Packing screen, if externalSerialCode is TRUE for that SKU and if the item does not have any Serial Code mapping, then a popup to capture the external serial code opens automatically.

 

Following are the steps for mapping Serial Code during Piece Packing:

  • Go to the Piece Packing screen in WMS

  • Scan the Item Code

  • If Serial Code is mandatory for the SKU and there is no existing External Serial Code for the item, a popup to capture the External Serial Code is opened.

  • Scan / Enter the External Serial Code

  • Click on the Submit button

  • On success, External Serial Code will be mapped and the packing procedure will be resumed.

 

Figure 4: Popup for capturing External Serial Code in piece packing screen

Reports

Storage: SKU Master - OMS

  • A new column is_serial_code_required is added in this report.

  • This column indicates if capturing of external serial code is mandatory before packing for the product.

 

Storage: External Serial Code Missing Items - WMS

  • This report provides the list of all items without any external serial code mapping.

  • This report is applicable only for items corresponding to SKUs for which capturing external serial code is mandatory.