Best Practice for Change Maintenance Order Number Range

Hello
We have decided that our Maintenance Orders will always start with the year of the open date. Example 201112345155
Every year we will need to change the number ranges
What is the best practice to change the order number range? What is the best approach here?
I have also another question. Why the "Current Number" is not incremental?
Thanks for the help

Hi,
The current number can be explained by use of buffering of the numbers. Buffering is defined via transaction SNRO, the  AUFTRAG object is relevant for orders. When buffering is active, a set of unused numbers are assigned to each application server.
In your example -  The fiirst 20 numbers were taken from the available number range and assigned to the buffer (possible 10 numbers to each of two servers). As orders are created a number is assigned from the buffer. Once the buffer values are used a further set of numbers are taken from the number range and the current number is increased (by buffer value).
-Paul

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