In many cases, the traceability to a vendor related material is not done with Batch or serial references, but basically by using other Vendor references for traceability:

• Purchase order number
• Delivery note number (Receipt ID in Dynamics)
• Shipment ID
• Invoice number
• Vendor package ID / Handling unit ID / Container- ID
• Obviously, an important reference to track is the delivery date.

If no batch or serial number is defined or tracked, those references are the preferred references to track back to the Vendor traceability. The Vendor might also provide additional tracking references in an ASN or in an As-build-BOM Report that are NOT used as inventory dimensions in Dynamics, but should be registered in the Tracking solution.

It should be possible to:

• Export of additional purchase references to the traceability solution
• View and analyze traceability based on those document / reference types
• Import additional references to the traceability model that are NOT registered in Dynamics directly.