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How to make an item and assign a serial number to the finished item

Step 1: Login to your AltheaSuite account.

Step 2: From main options navigate to Inventory -> Make


Step 3: Click New Make to build or manufacture an item from existing bill of materials.

Step 4: Select the item that you would like to build or manufacture. If you click on the item field, a drop-down list of your items will appear, or you can type in the item’s name to find the desired item.

Step 5: In the Total Quantity to Make field, type the number of quantities of this item you are building or manufacturing and click Apply.


Step 6: AltheaSuite will always prompt to enter serial number for this item. In the Add Serial number popup, enter the serial number for each quantity of this item.

Step 7: Once you are done,click OK.

Step 8: AltheaSuite will show you all the components or parts required to make this item along with required and available quantity of each component.

Step 9: Review details again and click OK. If you wish to change to the serial number, click Serial Number link to modify the serial number.

Please note, you will get a negative stock warning message if BOM components available stock is less than required stock. If you prompted with negative stock warning message, click Yes to continue.This will let you manufacture this item even though you do not have the stock available in the selected warehouse.

Step 10: Click Save to complete the production order.

Step 11: To view serial numbers generated from the Make, navigate to Inventory ->Serial numbers.


Step 12: Enter the item name, in the search field. Click the find button to see all the serial numbers of this item. User can see created serial number for manufactured item.

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