[ADD] inventory: What's the difference between lots and serial numbers?
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What's the difference between lots and serial numbers?
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Introduction
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In Odoo, lots and serial numbers have similarities in their functional
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system but are different in their behavior. They are both managed within
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the **Inventory**, **Purchases** and **Sales** app.
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**Lots** correspond to a certain number of products you received and store
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altogether in one single pack.
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**Serial numbers** are identification numbers given to one product in
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particular, to allow to track the history of the item from reception to
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delivery and after-sales.
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When to use
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**Lots** are interesting for products you receive in great quantity and for
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which a lot number can help in reportings, quality controls, or any
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other info. Lots will help identify a number of pieces having for
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instance a production fault. It can be useful for a batch production of
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clothes or food.
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**Serial numbers** are interesting for items that could require after-sales
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service, such as smartphones, laptops, fridges, and any electronic
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devices. You could use the manufacturer’s serial number or your own,
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depending on the way you manage these products
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When not to use
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Storing consumable products such as kitchen roll, toilet paper, pens and
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paper blocks in lots would make no sense at all, as there are very few
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chances that you can return them for production fault.
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On the other hand, giving a serial number to every product is a
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time-consuming task that will have a purpose only in the case of items
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that have a warranty and/or after-sales services. Putting a serial
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number on bread, for instance, makes no sense at all.
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.. seealso::
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* :doc:`serial_numbers`
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* :doc:`lots`
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How to manage lots of identical products?
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How to work with serial numbers?
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