Units of Measure

You can store and measure Materials by Units, or Units of Measurement (UOM).

Units of Measure can be defined on a Material Category level.

When a new Category is created, a default ea unit is created and set as the Base Unit as well as the Default Unit. For Reels and Sheets Material Categories the unit types are selected from a predefined drop-down list. For Standard Material Categories the UOM is defined by you.

The Default Unit and Base Unit are selected from the list of Units and provide the following functionality:

• Base Unit - Used for conversion purposes only and should therefore be the smallest unit in the list so that all the Units in the list are able to convert to the Base Unit using a maximum of four decimals.
• Default Unit - When a new Material item is created, the item's Unit will automatically be set to the Default Unit. A Unit / Price record linked to the Default Unit will be inserted, and the Stock check Unit will also be set to the default Unit.

Once this has been set up in Material Categories, the Default Unit will appear in the Material Item. To edit it in Material Item, click the Menu button and edit.

• If the Material Category is Standard, then you can only select from the units that have been created during its creation.
• If Sheet or Reel, you can select UOM from the predefined drop-down lists.

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