Available in Sage 50 Premium Accounting and higher.
Serial numbers are often used as an added identification for big-ticket items like computers, electronics, automobiles, jewelry, and so on. In addition to being used for identification, serial numbers offer a way for you to keep detailed records about a specific item’s warranty and, if necessary, recall information.
You can specify two types of serialized inventory: serialized stock items and serialized assemblies. These items are set up in the Maintain Inventory Items window and use the specific unit costing method. Additional options are available for serialized inventory items and can be accessed by selecting the Serial Numbers tab.
On the Serial Numbers tab, you can set up warranty information, view all of the serial numbers created for the item, including the status of the serial number and warranty, and search for a specific serial number (useful when the item has a significant number of serial numbers).
Note: Once a serialized inventory item is set up, you’ll be able to enter and select serial numbers for the item on various task windows in Sage 50. Serial numbers are alphanumeric and can be up to 30 characters long.
When working with serial numbers, there are
three types of transactions that you will encounter: transactions that
initially add items to your inventory (originating transactions),
transactions that return previously removed items back to your inventory
(intermediary transactions),
and transactions that remove items from your inventory (ending
transactions).
These transactions include: Sales/Invoicing, Receipts, Credit Memos, Purchases/Receive
Inventory, Payments, Vendor Credit Memos, Inventory Adjustments, Assemblies, Beginning Balances