i. Uniqueness
You use the Organization Parameters window to choose a type of serial number uniqueness for your organization. You can choose to enforce uniqueness Within inventory items, Within an organization, or Across organizations. The three levels for serial uniqueness are cumulative the definitions are as follows:
• Within Inventory Items: Once you assign a serial number to a particular item you cannot assign the same serial number to the same item regardless of the organization. For example if you assign serial number SN100 to item A, you cannot assign serial
number SN100 to any other instance of item A in any organization. This also includes CTO items derrived from base model A. However you could receive item B with serial number
SN100 in any organization.
• Within Organizations: In addition to the restrictions Within Inventory Items control, the same serial number cannot exist twice within the same organization. For example if you assign SN100 to item A, you will not be able to receive item B with the serial
number SN100 in the same organization. However, you could receive item B with the serial number SN100 in any other organization.
• Across Organizations: In addition to the restrictions Within Organizations, you cannot assign the same serial number to any other item regardless of the organization. For example if you assign SN100 to item A you will not be able to receive item B
with the serial number SN100 in any organization. If you assign Across Organization uniqueness to any organization it restricts the serial generation in all other organizations. If one organization dictates Across Organizations, all other organizations must do so.