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Unit of Measure

Unit of Measure

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Overview

A unit of measure is a standard unit or combination of units to be used alongside the quantity of a product.

There are many units of measure which can be used to count product quantity on hand, or to purchase or sell a product.

Units of measure can also be used for measuring time. There are products such as services or resources which must be measured that way.

Below, you can find a list of the unit of measure you could setup in Etendo:

  • Unit
  • Box
  • Hour
  • Kilogram
  • KWh (Kilowatt hour)
  • Litre
  • Pallet
  • Pack
  • etc.

Unit of Measure

Products of any type are managed in non-monetary units of measure.

As shown in the image above, a non-monetary unit of measure can be created in Etendo by filling in below relevant data:

  • the EDI Code, if any.
  • the UOM Name
  • the Standard Precision to be used while rounding calculated quantities of the products having that unit of measure
  • the Costing Precision to be used while rounding calculated cost of the products having that unit of measure.
  • and the Symbol or commonly used unit of measure abbreviation

Translation

Units of Measure can be translated to any language required.

The way to get that is as simple as:

  • select first the language required
  • and then enter the unit of measure translated into that language.

Conversion

Edit the conversion rate of one unit of measure into another one.