When parts or assemblies are stored in a storeroom or used in Bills of Materials, the unit of measure must be defined. For example, if a particular wire is stored in inventory, it is important to know if it is 100 inches, 100 feet, 100 yards, etc. This definition is required so that when items are counted and removed from stock inventory, it is clear what the quantity numbers represent. Other examples might be ounces, pounds, quarts, gallons, pints, milliliters, liters, etc.
It is also possible to purchase material in different units of measure than that accounted for in stock inventory and Bills of Materials. For example, wire might be purchased in feet, yards, or miles, but because of the way that it is used in manufacturing, it is probably stored and issued in inches. All units of measure, for both stock inventory and purchasing, are to be entered on this screen, if not already available. Once a unit of measure is entered on this screen, it can never be removed, as the value of any purchases and inventory depends on having a unit of measure associated with it.
manexSQL includes a number of units of measure. The length of the unit of measure field is 4 characters.
Note: If different than the stocking units of measure, purchasing units of measure must have a conversion factor entered in order for manexSQL's Material Requirements Planning and Purchasing modules to correctly interpret the amount of material required. Identifying the purchasing unit, the stocking unit, and a factor between the two does this. For example, 1 foot = 12 inches, and 12 is the conversion factor.