How to prevent duplicate serial numbers
Serial numbers need one authority, an explicit range and a controlled reprint policy.
What this page helps you do
Serial numbers need one authority, an explicit range and a controlled reprint policy.
Checks and steps
- Choose the business system or controlled service that owns serial-number generation.
- Define length, start, increment, range and reset conditions.
- Prevent multiple computers from issuing the same range independently.
- Check uniqueness before printing and reserve or commit numbers at a defined point.
- Reuse the original number for an approved reprint; issue a new number only for new production.
Scope and verification
A label template cannot resolve enterprise-wide uniqueness by itself when several systems or sites generate numbers.