If (for each item class, which is
defined and modified in the Item classes (IN201000) window) the Multiple units of measure functionality in the Enable/disable functionalities (CS100000) window is enabled, you can specify the base, sales, and purchase units to be used
by default for items of the class:
- Base unit:
The unit of measure used for stock keeping and to calculate
unit costs.
Quantities of the stock item at warehouses are counted using the
UoM specified as the base unit for the stock item.
- Sales unit:
The unit of measure typically used when your company sells
the product.
- Purchase unit:
The unit of measure typically used when your company
purchases the product.
You can select globally defined units of measure or type a class-specific UoM. For all units
selected for the class, unit conversions are specified with respect to the class'
default base unit.
In the Stock items (IN202500) and Non-stock items (IN202000) windows, you can select the
base, sales, and purchase units for particular items. (This information is specified
on the General settings tab of either window.) You can select units from the
list of UoMs defined for the class or manually enter units for a particular item.
The system will not automatically add item-specific UoMs either globally or for the
class.
If you want the new units to be available for selection when users create
other new items, add them for the class.
For a stock item stocked at a particular warehouse, you can select
warehouse-specific sales and purchase units by using the Item warehouse details (IN204500) window.
If the Multiple units of measure functionality is disabled in your system, you can
use only base units for item classes as well as for individual stock and non-stock
items.
If you decide at any moment to enable this functionality, the sales and purchase
units of each stock and non-stock item will get their values from the currently used
base unit of the item.
The system will not automatically add class-specific units to the global unit
conversion reference table in the
Units of measure (CS203100) window.