Defining Default Units of Measure for Bulk Items

Access the Item Master Revisions form.

Unit of Measure

Enter a UDC (00/UM) that indicates the primary unit of measure for the item. The primary unit of measure must be the smallest unit of measure in which you handle the item.

This is the PSAU of measure that the system uses to store all inventory. If you change the primary unit of measure, the conversion factors in the item-level conversion table are no longer valid.

The default value for this field is the unit of measure that you specify for the item on the Item Master form.

Weight

Enter a UDC (00/UM) that identifies the unit of measure that the system uses to indicate weight for this item. You can specify ounces, grams, kilograms, and so on as weight standards. The system uses this unit of measure for the item or overrides it for an individual item or container.

The default value for this field is the weight unit of measure that you specify in processing options for the Item Master program.

Volume

Enter a UDC (00/UM) that indicates the unit of measure by metric conversion for ambient volume. For example, the unit of measure code for a gallon might be GL and for a liter it might be LT.