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Units of Measure

Units of Measure

This data file stores the list of valid choices for use in the unit of measure fields for Products, RFQs, Purchase Orders and Sales Order line items. Edit these records from the FILES|Units of Measure menu choice.

 

Fields

U/M                             

An eight character ID for the Unit of Measure.

 

DESCRIPTION              

A description of the Unit of Measure.

 

TYPE                           

This field determines how the Unit of Measure’s QUANTITY field will affect inventory. The choices are:

 

Lot        

The price or cost associated with this Unit of Measure has no specific quantity.

You should never select such a Unit Of Measure for any transaction which affects inventory.

 

Unit       

The extended quantity of a transaction is the quantity ordered or shipped, multiplied by the Unit of Measure’s QUANTITY field.

 

Package  

The Unit of Measure’s DEFAULT QUANTITY is ignored and the extended quantity ordered, shipped or received on a transaction is multiplied by the PACKAGE QUANTITY field of the individual transaction.

 

TIP:  Put another way, use the Package option for Units of Measure with a non-specific quantity, such as ‘Box’ or ‘Carton’, where you need to change the quantity of packaging changes on every order. Use The Unit option for Units of Measure with a specific quantity such as ‘Each’ or ‘Per Thousand, (M).

 

DEFAULT QUANTITY     

Enter the Quantity associated with this Unit of Measure (only valid if you have selected the ‘Unit’ TYPE as just described.

 

Example: If the unit of measure is ‘CT’ and the Quantity field is set to ‘2500’, if Simple Accounting indicates that you have 7.400 CT in stock, then on the Inventory Status Report you will see the Total Quantity field print ‘18,500.’

 

 

Last Revision: 11.6.2013
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