Project/asset management

Is there a time efficient way to manage assets inFCP?
In Premiere for Mac. versions 2 thro'5 I think, it used to be possible to " remove unused" assets, i.e if it wasn't in the timeline you could remove it before or even after saving the project.
This saved loads of time and frustration.
I spend hours reconnecting assets that are in the browser, but not in the project.
If there's a way to do this please tell me!
If there isn't; it would be the best improvement and best reason to upgrade in my opinion,
cheers, alan

Crack open that manual and look up MEDIA MANAGER and all that it does. One of the things it does is what you are asking here.
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Bridge/Prelude/Premiere/Encore, Arrrgh! Workflow/Asset Managment overload! Help.

I've been viewing a tutorial series in addition to some random one's on the web, mostly covering functionality, but what isn't clear to me (yet) has to do with asset management and workflow. I know enough to understand that these two areas are the most important aspects of the whole process; without organized asset management and an orderly, systematized, hierarchical approach to accomplishing tasks the creative side of things will suffer dramatically at the worst time.
Regarding asset management, I have three separate drives for for audio, video, and stills. All the files reside in their original locations except for video files that I originally had stored on my stills drive. These video files were copied to my video drive into the Adobe Folder> Premiere Projects Folder> Project Name Folder. In addition, I have a folder on the video drive called "Raw Footage" that I'm using for random footage unrelated to any project; sort of a personal stock footage resource.
As a practice project for the tutorial series I'm using assets from a 45 day Rail Pass tour I took a few years ago. Assets include SDDV. m2ts, and mov, files with different sample rates, in addition to jpg and psd files.
Where would the following programs come into play and at what point in the workflow does the transition from one to the other begin and/or overlap?
Bridge
Prelude
Premiere
Encore
Where does Bridge come into play and when?
There are folders with m2ts files on my stills drive that I've copied and pasted to my video drive. Should I have used Prelude to ingest and "Transfer Clips To Destination" ("destination" being my video drive)? Should I have transcoded to a less resource hungry format and, if so, does Prelude create an EDL that can be used to conform the final edit replacing the low rex clips files the the original higher rez files?
I know I have to capture SDDV as DV (not HDV) with Premiere but what else do I need to know about such capture? As far as actual editing goes the tutorials are covering a lot of that.
Eventually I'll use Encore to author a proper DVD that is compatible with every DVD or Blu-ray player. Right?
I guess the question could be, "What is yout multi asset workflow?"
I feel like such a noob.
Thanks.

Michael,
I thought that might be the case. Sigh!
Well, as far as I can tell, if I were you, I would offer it with an alI I-Frame option first. That would probably be the easiest to implement cleanly. Those who can shoot that way would probably start shooting that way. Me included.
Then, take the AVCHD from a few of the most popular cameras, Canon, Nikon and of course, the Panasonic DMC-GH3 (my camera) and whatever video cameras are popular right now. Back up to the beginning of the long GOP and finish at the end of the long GOP. There is no need to get too specific with frames for subclips. After all, anyone who does not leave handles on their subclips while ingesting gets what they deserve anyway. In fact, there should be an option to always add one second of handles to every subclip. Personally I would leave that on as a default.
As for me, I recently posted a few videos using different codecs for people to download to test them. The links can be found in this forum post along with a short discussion: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1239519?tstart=0
I usually use 50Mb/s 60p using the MOV format, but if I was to shoot anything serious, I would probably shoot 72Mb/s 24p. Keep in mind, that if Adobe made it possible to ingest subclips without transcoding,I would change what I shot to all I-Frame for almost everything, either at 30p or 24p. And if you did it for my 60fps MOV files, I would be ecstatic.
I don't shoot AVCHD but I suppose that so many people do that the moment you gave the feature to all I-Frame shooters, there would be a huge clamor for AVCHD.
In my opinion, this could be a major game changer and everyone who could would start using Prelude without a second thought. Like photographers are flocking to Lightroom 5, this would be the videographers Lightroom. Reelroom? Naw. Prelude is a good enough name.

ASSET MANAGEMENT CONTROL

Dear Colleagues,
At the company where I work,Users for Asset control are using;
KO01 - To create an investment order.
ZAFE_0002 - To set up capital project (Customised Application)
KO88 - for Settlement of investment order.
AS01 - For creation of asset
KOB5 - To start depreciation.
1. Is it possible to set up a fixed asset with various starting points for depreciation? For Example, we have a blanket AFE for Computer Hardware Replacement. This is used for multiple purchases throughout the year.We have created an asset for this in SAP and find that when we start depreciating newly purchased items,the system puts a backdated charge to when the first time the asset was created. The only way users think they can work around this is to create new internal orders and assets for each purchase. Can you suggest a better way?Sorry,I am MM/SD and only used briefly asset management some time ago...
2. Can you also advise on how to block an object code and cost centre combination? I rougly remember how to block an object code for posting but want to block certain cost centres with object codes to help prevent miscodes. It would be ideal for this to happen when the Purchased/Requisition is being completed.
Thanks for your help,
PAPJ1

Hi,
Welcome you post on the forum.
Please check forum subject first. This forum is dedicated to SAP Business One - a solution to SME users. Close your thread and post it to the right forum.
Thanks,
Gordon

Asset management solution

Hi everyone.
I'm currently outlining and storyboarding a (perhaps overly ambitious) project on modern cosmology. It will consist entirely of found media. I've now gathered about 600 or so images, a very large number of publicly available lectures and interviews (audio from which will be used as the narration), movies and animations and computer simulations, as well as music, of course. All these assets currently live, unprocessed, in different places. The images are in iPhoto, the lectures and movies are in a single folder in an external HD, etc...
After finishing the broad outline of the film and ordering my general concepts into a linear narrative, I expect to hit a bit of a snag. I need a way to manage all of these assets together in the same place, to attach descriptive text to each piece of media, and to organize it all in a way that will let me group different types of media together.
For example, for each lecture (most of which are about an hour long), I'll be taking snippets of audio from different places in the lecture, and editing them into different places in the film. I want to be able to go through each one and extract my chosen snippet and save it somewhere I can annotate it and group it with the relevant images and video.
I have never undertaken a project this big, and the asset management needs are markedly different from my projects in high school where I just dumped everything in FCP's bin and dragged what I needed into the timeline. In order for the narrative to emerge as coherent and well-woven, I'll need a way to assemble and organize and play around with synthesize all these hundreds of disparate pieces of media well before opening Final Cut. Or, perhaps are FCP users who have undertaken a similar project with lots of found media and think that FCP's bin/media manager are robust enough to meet these needs? Unfortunately I can't figure it out for myself just yet because after backing things up with Time Machine for the first time, FCP is now asking me to reenter my serial number which I've (hopefully temporarily) lost and am trying to find.
Anyone have advice? Please let me know if I can clarify anything else about my project and needs.
Thanks.

maybe, such a simple consumer-level solution is enough for your needs?
http://www.aquafadas.com/en/idive-digital-video/index.php
they offer a free trial ..

Software asset management review

I'm not really sure what forum this could belong in, but since it kind of covers several categories including Windows Server I'll start here:
Yes, I have Googled and found mixed responses - is the Microsoft Software Asset Management Review e-mail I received legit or not? If in general they can be legitimate, but some may be scams, how can I tell which I received?
The one I received looks pretty good, and they provided a lot of very accurate info about my existing volume licenses. Calling MS for input yielded a lot of bouncing around and hold time and a vague, not very reassuring answer
Thanks inadvance
Manning

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Digital Asset management

Hi all,
I've been using idImager to keep track of photos and videos. The one problem I have found with this product is setting it up in a collaborative environment.
I was wondering what people are using to keep track of the digital assests and where they are used.
The things I need to keep track of are:
Images
Video (complete and clips)
Audio files
Cubase and Ableton Live projects (and their assets)
Adobe project files
CC Prelude looks like it is only usefult for video clip pull in.
Any ideas?
I wasn't sure what forum to post this in. If there is a more appropriate area let me know
Thanks
Ian

We use WebDAM for collaboration and digital asset management. Its an awesome DAM Software . For all design activities, our entire team uses Adobe Creative Cloud. They both seem to work really well together. Managing your images, video (complete vids and clips), audio files, projects, adobe files, and almost any file is completly supported. WebDAM also allows us to control versions, edit and control metadata, supports EXIF and XMP metadata standards, comment on assets, automatically convert file formats, set expiration dates, get automated alerts when others work on files, easy search, viewing capabilities, control access, and share/secure/collaborate on our files anytime from anyplace. Its super easy to use. Our team also loves the video module which allows you to serve your videos and clips to various websites, control versions, etc. haha, sounds like a sales pitch. I'm pretty sure Intel, New Balance Shoes, Santa Cruz, Symantec, GE, bunch of design agencies, and almost every college uses WebDAM. Being near Adobe's headquarters in Silicon Valley, I think their software engineers interact with Adobe consultants as well.
But I guess the question is, are you looking for something to use for your entire team, company, or just for personal use? That will determine what type of software you should be looking for.

Asset management for Plug-ins

After Effects performs certain kinds of asset management for a project. When you import an image or footage, the project keeps a file-reference to it, sometimes relative. You can "Collect Files..." and gather them all to one place. Handy!
Is there any way for a plug-in to get in on that action?
For my effect plugin "omino_python", which runs a python script to draw on a layer, I refer to external scripts.
It seems the best way to do this, for now, is use a custom parameter, or maybe options dialog, to select a file, and save the file path as parameter (or options) data.
Is there a way to find the project's path? Then the file path could at least be relative. It seems best to NOT save the whole script as parameter data; I want the user to own their own files for revision control and what not.
What I'd love is a PF_Param_FILE_ASSET type, and let AE manage it. Be part of the "Collect Files..." club. Is there anything sort-of close?

for starters, lookup PF_Cmd_GET_EXTERNAL_DEPENDENCIES along with PF_OutFlag_I_HAVE_EXTERNAL_DEPENDENCIES.
i don't know if that flag will cause AE to gather the said files when doing a "collect", bet hey, that's the closest thing i know of to what you're looking for.
if that doesn't help, i would have stored both the path and the script in a custom param (or sequence data).
then if the file pointed to by the path exists, then you can discard the internally kept copy of the script. if it doesn't exist you can ask the user where to save it, and create a file the user can edit externally.

Enterprise Asset Management

Hey.. any one worked on Enterprise Asset Management or any knowledge to use in your Project.
Please share it.

Hi
You did not post your question in correct forum.
Post your question in EAM forum, then you would get a reply for your question:
[Enterprise Asset Management (SAP EAM);

Mass Video Asset Management in Lightroom 4 - Watch as I Test (Flail and Fumble)

The Project is to: catalog, keyword, manage, rate, and organize over 3400 video clips (AVCHD clips re-wrapped as MOV files) shot in 30 days in Costa Rica. The shoot was purely run and gun -total guerrilla style. As we were unable to do much transfer and review in the field, I came home with a huge project to complete before editing videos. I've limited the choices of software for asset management & organization down to Lightroom 4 or CatDV. Ethically, I feel obligated to say that I"m pulling for Adobe since I use the entire suite, and there are some nice fringe benefits keeping everything "in house,"
First Step: All video files are AVCHD files which are re-wrapped (by ClipWrap) into MOV files. This step is crucial, since AVCHD does not include/store metadata in the video file itself.
Second Step: Files are stored on the MAC-OS level into folders corresponding to the dates the shots were taken
Third Step: Get the 3400+ files organized, weeded, and prepped for editing
@#$!)~*(*&%^ <-- That's what a record scratch looks like in the digital age
I started examining software solutions and gave each a couple of good tries to narrow the choices down to TWO packages of software:
OnLocation - Couldn't feel it and it looks like it's meant to work for a different flow. No.
Cosmos - Couldn't really do much of anything with metadata. No.
Bridge - Almost there, but pretty limited and not dual screen friendly at all. No.
CatDV - Now there you go...almost. Everything is in a catalog meaning you have to go between this software and Premiere. Definite maybe.
Lightroom 4 - Comes with heaps of background in organizing stills, how will it work for massive amounts of video? Definite maybe.
CatDV and Lightroom 4 both imported everything just fine.
I'll post more as I get into it. Soon, if anyone cares to read more.

Lightroom 4 has completed the task of importing 3440 video clips. CatDV (fully functional 30 day trial) crashed again on the large import. I'm going to try importing 10 folders at a time in CatDV.
As I start to play in Lightroom4 with asset mgmt:
PROs
Slick relatively tweakable user interface
Keyword buttons are great (wish we could have more on the surface)
Nice "twirl-down" flow that Adobe uses in the product line -I love this
CONs
Lightroom4 video previews are horrifically sluggish at best, and at this point is unusable for a large collection
The scrub over (video thumbnail) preview is a huge resource hog and would benefit from a disable option
Second Monitor pane has some issues/incongruencies with the main monitor pane:
Grid view will not allow multiple files to be graded/keyworded/etc simultaneously
Loupe view will not play video files and treats the video file preview like a photo
This is all for now. More on CatDV when I get it going.

Project Assets Window Gone

Hello,
Recently my Project Assets window has completely disappeared, when I click on that section the tab highlights but no window appears.
Here is a screenshot with the window unselected:
Here is a screenshot with the window selected:
As you can see, the program appears to be aware that I have selected the tab, but no window, menu or settings appear beneath. This has worked properly in the past (3 months ago when I worked on my last project).
Here are what I believe are the relevant specs on my machine:
Adobe Premiere Elements 12.1 - updated with most current updates
Windows 7 Home Premiere 64 bit OS - Also updated with all updates from Windows Update
Video Drivers - NVidia GEO 500, upgraded to the most current version as a troubleshooting step (no luck)
Troubleshooting steps I have tried:
1. Deleted the preferences file as per several posts related to this topic.
2. Updating windows, video drivers, and premiere elements to the latest version. (video drivers needed updates, everything else was already at the most current version)
2. Adding content in both Quick and Guided mode, then switched to Expert Mode and selected the tab
3. Uninstalled Premiere Elements entirely, then reinstalled.
4. Opened old project files where this had worked (now it doesn't)
5. Saved project with a new name.
At this point I'm not entirely sure what else to try, any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Shawn

Shawn
Any new developments in trying to get your Premiere Elements 12/12.1 Project Assets Palette to open?
If suggestions in post numbered 7 did not advance the cause, then I have two new troubleshooting avenues for your
consideration
Thought 1.....
1. Open a new project, go immediately to Tools Menu/Movie Menus and select the General/Fun disc menu theme. Hit Continue to open to the Movie Menu
Customization area. Look to the right to where you find "Menu Background" and underneath that Video or Still. Browse to and select a jpg for the main menu insert. Click Done to get out of the Movie Menu Customization area.
2. Click on Project Assets. Does it now open to reveal a copy of the jpg that you just inserted into the General/Fun disc menu theme's main menu?
Thought 1.....
1. Open Premiere Elements Expert workspace, click on Organizer Tab at bottom of the workspace to open the Elements Organizer workspace.
2, Then File Menu/Manage Catalogs/Catalog Manger and create a new catalog.
3. Go back to the Premiere Elements workspace and determine if Project Assets is now opening and closing as expected.
What may be done here also is to delete the Elements Organizer settings file...In the Elements Organizer workspace, Edit Menu/Preferences/General
and click on Restore Default Settings.
Please let us know the status of Premiere Elements 12/12.1 Project Assets.
Thanks.
ATR

[FREE Script] Organize Project Assets

Hi all, just wanted to pass along a notice of a free script I just posted up on my channel. Organize Project Assets, it does just what it says. It's a basic organizer for those crazy project files that get handed to you in an absolute mess. It may not fix horrible naming conventions, but it just might give you a handle on what's in the project and help narrrow down what comps to look into. Anyway, it's free and it's located here:
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I'm sure you can use media manager to do this, but since I've avoided it like the plague since being burned by it years ago, I can't really say how you'd go about it or what the results might be.
The real trick here is to be diligent when working on your project from the start. Set your capture scratch settings to the root of the drive you want and FCP will create a folder for the project. All captures will go there. If yo change that location for any reason, remember FCP will not reset it according to your project, so you have to do that yourself or you'll wind up capturing footage all over the place.
For other materials I usually create a folder on the same project scratch drive called "project name" elements. Here I place all other material related to the project... titles, graphics, photos, music etc. That way it's all in one place and should you ever need to move it you can simply do so and then reconnect media next time you open the project.
I'm sure someone will help out with some media manager suggestions.
Have fun
rh

About WAM(work asset management).

hello gurus,
Please help me out in this topics,
1.what is WAM(work asset management)?
were we use this, what is the perpose, any matrial for this.
2. what is Timesheet?
3. what is implimention of project?
plz explain step by step implimention of a project in general.
4. what is lifecycle.
kindly give material for these topics, i will definately assign pts.
thanks in advance.
regards.
vishal.

Hi,
Please see your other thread.
ORACLE Work and Asset Management
Re: ORACLE Work and Asset Management
Regards,
Hussein

Looking for help - Company is going to Mobile Asset Management service that does not support BB - especially BB 10.

Hello,
I am looking for ideas/help. I currently have a BB Z10 (10.1.0.2039) with Verizon Wireless. The company has a BB Enterprise Server for older devices (I previously was on that). I bought a Z10 several months ago and have been connecting to the corporate network through Lotus Traveler. They do not have and will not implement a BB 10 Enterprise Server. Some in IT informed that if the company used the BB software they could manage all devices..... not accepted.
All my contacts, calendar, and company email is funneled to the BB Hub.....
So my company is implementing a Mobile Asset Management Service that I have to sign up for (Airwatch?). They only support Android and IPhone.
Will future versions of the BB OS support Android Apps.... Soon (I have less than 2 weeks)
I have read where it is possible to put the device in development mode to run Android Apps. I don't know if that will work with this and have no idea how stable the phone is in that mode. I travel internationally so I don't know how a development mode would work overseas. Any thoughts?
I like my Z10 but will need to switch to keep functionality if I can't find a work around
Any assistance ????
Thanks for any help.

Hi and Welcome to the Community!
BB10 devices have the ability to run .apk apps via special methods. Development Mode is used only for installing the app...not for normal operation. So you install (side-load) the app in Development Mode, then go back to normal mode for normal operations.
If a .bar file for the .apk app already exists somewhere, you can side load it to the BB10 device and see if it works or not. If there is not yet any .bar file, there is an app called SideSwype that can convert many .apk apps to .bar and install it to your device.
Good luck!
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Load swf into RAM via an asset manager

Hi.
I have an AS3 virtual world and we are continually loading external resources such as swfs and sounds.
A few of my menu screens that take a damn long time to load. Read a tut that said we should load them into RAM using an asset manager.
I'm assuning the asset manager is simply a Class used specifically for loading and unloading graphics, swfs and sounds. So the important part to ask is:
What do they mean by loading into RAM.
I thought all swfs were automatically loaded into RAM ie: cached or in the flash player cache or the browser cache. Or do I have to do it specifically myself with some code. We are importing external files so we thought that was a great idea as they are shared by many games.
btw: RSLs I have read about but I don't understand. I thought my externally loaded files were RSLs (runtime shared libraries) or would I have to do some physical coding do convert them into RSLs.
This is so important because I am not very experienced but I am getting a lot better due to help receied in this forum and my current programmer is leaving me. I have been studying up on As3 and design patterns and I understand basic coding a lot better now.
CHEERS
EDIT: Just read that I am using a http call. - I use urlloader - well that's what you use isn't it or how would you load an external swf. Just read that you can hold the swf as a variable which loads it in RAM and therefore will be available immediately. Know I don't understand anything as I have never read that anywhere.

Hi Andrei, nice to see you around here.
Well, somebody helping me says that normally we make a http request with urlLoader to the server and that is what was happening each time. We weren't getting the cached swf. (that bit I don't understand and doesn't sound right - anyway...)
So he says if we create a dictionary class to hold that swf then the next time we make a request we will get the movie from there and not from the server.
I have highlighted the main parts of code below.
What I don't understand about all this is that I have never seen anything like this in my life. I have read extensively and read all about loading external files and using this type of asset manager with the dictionary class does not ring a bell and goole comes up with nothing.
I hunch is that as you say, we are doing something wrong somewhere because the only way to get an external file is via urlLoader to the server the first time and then the second time it should look for it cached on our computer is that right? Or when we make the urlLoader request how does it know to look on our computer first before going to the server or are these innner workings of the flash player I know nothing about. This is so important as when I get 10 kids on the computers they wait for as long as 5 minutes for movies that have already been downloaded many times before.
Cheers in advance.
package com.Gerry.managers.assetManager
    import flash.display.Loader;
    public class AssetLoader extends Loader
        private var _assetName:String;
        public function AssetLoader()
            super();
        public function get assetName():String
            return _assetName;
        public function set assetName(value:String):void
            _assetName = value;
The asset manager loading class
package com.Gerry.managers.assetManager
    import flash.display.Loader;
    import flash.display.LoaderInfo;
    import flash.display.MovieClip;
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.events.Event;
    import flash.net.URLRequest;
    import flash.utils.Dictionary;
    public class AssetManager extends Sprite
        public static const ASSET_LOADED:String = "assetLoaded";
        private static var _instance:AssetManager;
        private var _assetsLoaded:Dictionary = new Dictionary();
        private var _assetsBeingLoaded:Dictionary = new Dictionary();
        public function AssetManager(pvt:SingletonEnforcer)
         * loads and asset and keeps a reference to the loaded content
         * @param name
         * @return null if the asset is not loaded yet
       public function loadAsset(name:String):MovieClip
            var asset:MovieClip;
            if (_assetsLoaded[name])
                asset = _assetsLoaded[name];
            else if (_assetsBeingLoaded[name] == null)
                var skinloader:AssetLoader = new AssetLoader();
                skinloader.assetName = name;
                skinloader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadCompleteF);
                skinloader.load(new URLRequest(name));
                _assetsBeingLoaded[name] = true;
            return asset;
        protected function loadCompleteF(e:Event):void
            var skin:MovieClip = e.target.content as MovieClip;
            var name:String = ((e.target as LoaderInfo).loader as AssetLoader).assetName;
            _assetsLoaded[name] = skin;
            delete _assetsBeingLoaded[name];
            dispatchEvent(new Event(ASSET_LOADED));
         * gets an instance of the class
         * @return
        public static function get instance():AssetManager
            if (_instance == null)
                _instance = new AssetManager(new SingletonEnforcer());
            return _instance;
internal class SingletonEnforcer
The function inside a class called Screen which is used by menus classes to load their swf menus.
protected function loadSkin(path:String = null):void
            trace("skin to load: " + path);
            Home.instance.addPreloaderF();
            _path = path + Home.instance.cacheString;
            if (_usingAssetManager)
                loadSkinFromAssetManager();
            else
                if (_skinloader.content)
                    _skinloader.unloadAndStop(true);
                _skinloader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadCompleteF);
                _skinloader.load(new URLRequest(_path));
        protected function loadSkinFromAssetManager(e:Event = null):void
            _skin = AssetManager.instance.loadAsset(_path);
            //if no skin we have to wait to be loaded it
            if (_skin == null)
                AssetManager.instance.addEventListener(AssetManager.ASSET_LOADED, loadSkinFromAssetManager);
            else
                AssetManager.instance.removeEventListener(AssetManager.ASSET_LOADED, loadSkinFromAssetManager);
                loadCompleteF(null);

Assets management and inventory Management.

This may be simple situation often encountered in industries. The need is to manage an item as an asset as well as manage inventory functions of purchasing, receiving, physical inventory and issue of these assets to customers as inventory materials. The materials are also needed to accounted for depreciation functions.
Can experts throw some light on the kind of best practice process flows that we could often consider.
Thanks in advance for contributors.

Good questions: I think I need to explain the full scenario.
This is for a health care industry. The intention is to purchase the materials as assets and these come from different vendors, but often, it could be the same material. The current thinking is as follows:
1. Forecast the reqiuirement of the materials according the different sizes. For example : small, medium and large. Each of these sizes could come from different vendors with different model numbers, but are groupd under the sizes.
2. Based on the forecast probably using APO, the materials are purchased in ERP for these sizes. But we still need to carry the vendor model number as part of the attributes of the materisl. Here there seems to be three options.
- One is to use Material classification and use capture the model number of the vendor.
- second is to utilise the Form Fit Function functionality of SAP IS for A&D.
- Third potential option might be to use Batch management and capture manufacturer number in batch characteristic.
Once the materials are purchases these are settled to assets and then there is a need to manage their inventory as the requirement is to utilise Logistic execution functionality including sales, delivery and goods issue functionality. In addition the materials also need to be transferred between different SAP plant locations.
There is also a challenge to manage the requirement as more often, the need is for just the size. but sometime there is a requirement for a specific model within a particular size.
I am not too sure whether there is an absolute need to manage seralisation for individual material numbers, but from asset management perspective, is there a need> Pl clarify
Any comments / suggestions on the above is very welcome.
Appreciate your time and thinking and value contribution.
Venkatesh

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