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Units of Measure

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The Units of Measure screen holds conversion factors between units. These conversions ensure that inventory, purchase orders, sales orders, manufacturing orders, and forecasts are all expressed in the same unit for planning calculations.

Purpose

When data arrives from multiple sources in different units (e.g. kilograms, cases, pallets), the Unit Master provides the multipliers needed to normalise all quantities to the standard planning unit.

Managing Units

Click New (+ icon) to add a unit of measure. Click the edit button to modify an existing entry.

Columns

Column Description
Unit Name Name of the unit of measure (e.g. KG, Case, Pallet)
Multiplier Conversion factor to the standard planning unit

How Conversions Are Applied

During integration processing, if an incoming record's unit of measure differs from the system's standard planning unit, the quantity is multiplied by the corresponding multiplier from this table before being stored.

Example: If the standard planning unit is kilograms and a case contains 20 kg, the Case row would have a multiplier of 20. An incoming quantity of 50 cases would be stored as 1,000 kg.