Companies pack products into logistic units like cases, pallets, or parcels. To identify and keep track of logistic units in the Serialized Manufacturing application, create and manage serial shipping container code (SSCCs) sequences as per the GS1 standard.
Note: The SSCC pool is a shared collection between the Serialized Manufacturing and the Serialized Logistics applications.
List of Procedures
- Searching for an SSCC and Viewing the SSCC History in the Pool
- Generating SSCCs in Movilitas.Cloud
- Requesting SSCCs from an External System
Searching for an SSCC and Viewing the SSCC History in the Pool
The SSCC pool contains:
- The SSCCs generated in Movilitas.Cloud.
- The external SSCCs sent through Manufacturer V2 API as part of an aggregation action.
- The external SSCCs received from TraceLink or SAP ATTP.
Procedure
1. In the Serialized Manufacturing application, select the SN/SSCC pool --> SSCC pool tab.
2. Find an SSCC.
- Select the first (extension) digit of the SSCC in the Starts with drop-down. The extension digit is used for managing container hierarchies. You can search for all SSCCs belonging to a specific level in the hierarchy.
- Enter the SSCC or a part of it in the search field, except for the extension digit.
- Select the status under Status.
The list of the SSCCs is filtered based on the search criteria. You can reset the filter by clicking the Reset Filters icon.
3. To view the history of an SSCC, click > next to the SSCC on the left. You can track all the status changes of the SSCC in the pool.
Example:
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Generating SSCCs in Movilitas.Cloud
You can generate unique and GS1-compliant SSCCs in the Serialized Manufacturing application to use them for aggregation purposes.
Procedure
1. In the Serialized Manufacturing application, select the SN/SSCC pool → SSCC pool tab.
2. Click Generate SSCCs. The application displays the Generate SSCCs pop-up window.
Example:
3. In the Generate SSCCs window, provide the details as described below.
| Field | Action |
|---|---|
| Amount | Enter the number of required SSCCs. |
| GS1 Prefix | Enter the GS1 company prefix. The application displays the latest saved value in the system. You can keep using it or you can enter a new value. |
| Remember GS1 Prefix | If you want to make the system remember the entered GS1 company prefix, select the checkbox. Otherwise, leave the checkbox in cleared status. |
| Extension digit | Enter the extension digit for the SSCC (0-9). Use the extension to introduce a hierarchy (multi-level containers), where each level has its own extension digit. |
| Start from | Optionally, specify the serial number to start the sequence from. The value given here is part of the serial reference piece of your SSCC. Movilitas.Cloud recommends leaving the field blank and letting the application decide where to start. Providing a number The provided serial number is the starting value. If the value is already in the pool, the serial reference piece will take the next value that is not existing in the pool yet. For example, you enter "330" here, and the serial reference is 9-digit long due to a 7-digit long GS1 company prefix. The first SSCC in the sequence will receive "000000330" as the serial reference, the second one will have "000000331", and so on. If "000000330" is already in the pool, the next value is taken that is not existing in the pool yet. Note: If the first 1001 serial numbers that the system tries have already been taken, a safeguard is triggered and an error message is displayed: Couldn't generate SSCC in 1001 iterations. Leaving the field blank The application calculates the serial reference piece by counting how many SSCCs were created with the given GS1 company prefix and extension digit before. The application picks the first serial number based on the counted number and tries that value first. For example, suppose there are already 2000 SSCCs for the given GS1 company prefix and extension digit. In that case, the application assumes that serial numbers "0" to "1999" have already been taken and will start from serial number "2000" when it tries to generate new SSCCs. |
EXAMPLE 1 - START FROM FIELD IS BLANK (RECOMMENDED)
The GS1 company prefix can be the remembered one or a new one. If it is a new one, the GS1 company prefix will not be remembered because the Remember GS1 Prefix checkbox is cleared.
EXAMPLE 2 - START FROM FIELD IS FILLED IN
The GS1 company prefix is a new one and the GS1 company prefix will be remembered. This action will overwrite the latest saved GS1 company prefix.
Note: Movilitas.Cloud automatically calculates the check digit based on the entered values as per the GS1 standard. You do not need to calculate or give the check digit.
4. Click Generate. The SSCCs are generated and added to the list in Available status.
EXAMPLE 1 - START FROM FIELD WAS BLANK (RECOMMENDED)
We are searching for the three SSCCs generated with the values as illustrated before:
- Extension digit: "2"
- Amount: "3"
- GS1 Prefix: "345342"
- The start sequence was not given, so the application decided where to start and the sequence is continuous:
- 0000000000
- 0000000001
- 0000000002
- The last, check digit is automatically calculated.
EXAMPLE 2 - START FROM FIELD WAS FILLED IN
We are searching for the three SSCCs generated with the values as illustrated before:
- Extension digit: "4"
- GS1 Prefix: "7654321"
- Amount: "3"
- Start sequence from: "330" --> "000000330"
The given serial number to start the sequence was free, so the sequence is continuous:
000000330
000000331
000000332
- The last, check digit is automatically calculated.
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Requesting SSCCs from an External System
You can request SSCCs from an external system and fill the SSCC pool in the Serialized Manufacturing application to use them for aggregation purposes.
The following external systems are supported:
- TraceLink through the configured TraceLink Partner channel.
- SAP ATTP through the configured SAP ATTP channel.
Procedure
1. In the Serialized Manufacturing application, select the SN/SSCC pool → SSCC pool tab.
2. Click Request SSCCs.
3. In the Request SSCCs window, provide the details as described below.
| Field | Source Applicability | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Collaboration channel | All | Select a previously configured channel to connect to an external system:
|
| MAHs | TraceLink | Select the MAH that provides the SSCCs. The application offers the MAHs previously registered with a TraceLink company identifier under the Site management --> MAHs tab. |
| Site | TraceLink | Select the manufacturing site that requests the SSCCs. The application offers the sites previously registered under the Site management --> Sites tab. |
| GS1 Prefix | All | Enter the GS1 company prefix of the target entity (MAH). |
| Extension digit | All | Enter the extension digit for the SSCC (0-9). Use the extension digit to introduce a hierarchy (multi-level containers), where each level has its own extension digit. |
| Amount | All | Enter the number of required SSCCs. |
TraceLink example:
SAP ATTP example:
4. Click Request.
The request is sent to the applicable external system. Once there is a response from the external system and the request is processed, the SSCC pool in Movilitas.Cloud is filled with the received SSCCs in Available status.
- For TraceLink, you can check the transaction on the TraceLink Partner channel. Select SNX_REQUEST transaction type under the TraceLink SFTP Transactions --> Outbox tab.
- For SAP ATTP, you can check the message on the SAP ATTP channel. Select the Outgoing requests tab.
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