diff --git a/addons/stock/stock.py b/addons/stock/stock.py
index 80196a33497..9596f3661a6 100644
--- a/addons/stock/stock.py
+++ b/addons/stock/stock.py
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ class stock_tracking(osv.osv):
     _columns = {
         'name': fields.char('Pack Reference', size=64, required=True, select=True),
         'active': fields.boolean('Active', help="By unchecking the active field, you may hide a pack without deleting it."),
-        'serial': fields.char('Reference', size=64, select=True),
+        'serial': fields.char('Additional Reference', size=64, select=True, help="Other reference or serial number"),
         'move_ids': fields.one2many('stock.move', 'tracking_id', 'Moves for this pack', readonly=True),
         'date': fields.datetime('Creation Date', required=True),
     }
@@ -1344,14 +1344,15 @@ class stock_production_lot(osv.osv):
         return ids
 
     _columns = {
-        'name': fields.char('Serial Number', size=64, required=True, help="Unique serial number"),
+        'name': fields.char('Serial Number', size=64, required=True, help="Unique serial number, will be displayed as: PREFIX/SERIAL [INT_REF]"),
         'ref': fields.char('Internal Reference', size=256, help="Internal reference number in case it differs from the manufacturer's serial number"),
-        'prefix': fields.char('Prefix', size=64, help="Optional prefix to prepend when displaying this serial number"),
+        'prefix': fields.char('Prefix', size=64, help="Optional prefix to prepend when displaying this serial number: PREFIX/SERIAL [INT_REF]"),
         'product_id': fields.many2one('product.product', 'Product', required=True),
         'date': fields.datetime('Creation Date', required=True),
-        'stock_available': fields.function(_get_stock, fnct_search=_stock_search, method=True, type="float", string="Available", select="2"),
+        'stock_available': fields.function(_get_stock, fnct_search=_stock_search, method=True, type="float", string="Available", select="2", help="Current quantity of products with this Production Lot Number available in company warehouses"),
         'revisions': fields.one2many('stock.production.lot.revision', 'lot_id', 'Revisions'),
         'company_id': fields.many2one('res.company', 'Company', select=True),
+        'move_ids': fields.one2many('stock.move', 'prodlot_id', 'Moves for this production lot', readonly=True),
     }
     _defaults = {
         'date':  time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'),
diff --git a/addons/stock/stock_view.xml b/addons/stock/stock_view.xml
index 4411be8c2b5..8942040f560 100644
--- a/addons/stock/stock_view.xml
+++ b/addons/stock/stock_view.xml
@@ -157,23 +157,25 @@
             <field name="type">form</field>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
                 <form string="Packs">
-	    		<notebook colspan="4">
-					<page string="General Information">                            
-                    <field name="name" select="1"/>
-                    <field name="serial" select="1"/>
-                    <field name="date" select="1"/>
-                    <field name="active" select="1"/>
-        			<separator string="Traceability" colspan="4" />
-                    <group colspan="2" col="2">
-						<button name="action_traceability"  icon="gtk-go-up"  string="Upstream traceability" type="object" context="{'type': '','field': ''}"/>
-						<button name="action_traceability"  icon="gtk-go-down" string="Downstream traceability" type="object" context="{'type': 'move_history_ids','field': ''}"/>
-					</group>                    
-                    </page>
-                    <page string="Stock Move">         
- 					<field colspan="4" name="move_ids" nolabel="1" />           
-					</page>
-					</notebook>
-					                    
+                    <group col="2" colspan="2">
+                        <separator string="Pack Identification" colspan="2"/>
+                        <field name="name"/>
+                        <field name="serial"/>
+                        <field name="date"/>
+                        <field name="active" groups="base.group_extended"/>
+                    </group>
+                    <group col="2" colspan="2">
+                        <separator string="Traceability" colspan="4"/>
+                        <button name="action_traceability" icon="gtk-go-up" string="Upstream traceability" type="object"
+                            context="{'type': '','field': ''}" colspan="2"/>
+                        <button name="action_traceability" icon="gtk-go-down" string="Downstream traceability" type="object"
+                            context="{'type': 'move_history_ids','field': ''}" colspan="2"/>
+                    </group>
+                    <notebook colspan="4">
+                        <page string="Stock Moves">
+                            <field colspan="2" name="move_ids" nolabel="1"/>
+                        </page>
+                    </notebook>
                 </form>
             </field>
         </record>
@@ -215,6 +217,22 @@
             </field>
         </record>
 
+        <record model="ir.ui.view" id="search_stock_packs">
+            <field name="name">Pack Search</field>
+            <field name="model">stock.tracking</field>
+            <field name="type">search</field>
+            <field name="arch" type="xml">
+                <search string="Pack Search">
+                    <group col="10" colspan="4">
+                        <field name="name" />
+                        <field name="serial" />
+                        <field name="date" />
+                        <field name="active" groups="base.group_extended"/>
+                    </group>
+                </search>
+            </field>
+        </record>
+
         <record id="view_production_lot_revision_form" model="ir.ui.view">
             <field name="name">stock.production.lot.revision.form</field>
             <field name="model">stock.production.lot.revision</field>
@@ -251,21 +269,28 @@
             <field name="type">form</field>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
                 <form string="Production Lot">
-                            <field name="name"/>
-                            <field name="ref"/>
-                            <field name="prefix"/>
-                            <field name="product_id"/>
-                            <field name="stock_available"/>
-                            <field name="date"/>
-			    <notebook colspan="4">
-				<page string="General Information">                            
-					<field colspan="4" name="revisions" nolabel="1"/>
-					<group col="4" colspan="4">
-						<button name="action_traceability" string="Upstream Traceability" type="object" context="{'type': '', 'field': 'prodlot_id'}" icon="gtk-go-up"/>
-						<button name="action_traceability" string="Downstream Traceability" type="object" context="{'type': 'move_history_ids', 'field': 'prodlot_id'}" icon="gtk-go-down"/>		                         
-					</group>
-			</page>
-			</notebook>
+                    <group col="4" colspan="2">
+                        <separator string="Production Lot Identification" colspan="4"/>
+                        <field name="product_id" colspan="4"/>
+                        <field name="prefix" colspan="2"/>
+                        <field name="name" colspan="2"/>
+                        <field name="ref" colspan="4"/>
+                        <field name="date" colspan="4"/>
+                    </group>
+                    <group col="2" colspan="2">
+                        <separator string="Traceability" colspan="4"/>
+                        <field name="stock_available" colspan="4"/>
+                        <button name="action_traceability" string="Upstream Traceability" type="object" context="{'type': '', 'field': 'prodlot_id'}" icon="gtk-go-up" colspan="2"/>
+                        <button name="action_traceability" string="Downstream Traceability" type="object" context="{'type': 'move_history_ids', 'field': 'prodlot_id'}" icon="gtk-go-down" colspan="2"/>
+                    </group>
+                    <notebook colspan="4">
+                        <page string="Revisions">
+                            <field colspan="2" name="revisions" nolabel="1"/>
+                        </page>
+                        <page string="Stock Moves">
+                            <field colspan="2" name="move_ids" nolabel="1"/>
+                        </page>
+                    </notebook>
                 </form>
             </field>
         </record>