They can be strictly numerical, or contain letters and symbols as well – the key is that they’re a one-off code matched to a single product or component. Serial numbers are unique identifying codes. Read more: The Manufacturing Process: A Practical Guide for SMEs.Let’s look at how serial number tracking works, who uses it, and how. They’re also a very useful part of modern inventory management.

They’re engraved on our cars and printed on the packages that are couriered to our doorsteps (and more importantly, on packages that never make it to doorsteps). Serial numbers or SNs have become ubiquitous in modern life: they’re on our phones, and in our software.

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