Understanding Default Units of Measure for Bulk Items

Each item in the Item Master table (F4101) can have several units of measure associated with it for different situations. For example, you can purchase and ship an item in cases, stock it in individual units, and sell it by the dozen. The system retrieves the item-level units of measure throughout the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Inventory Management and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Sales Order Management systems. You need to define the units of measure associated with each item.

You can define additional units of measure in UDC table 00/UM. To do so, add the special handling code in the detail area of the User Defined Codes form. The weight and volume units of measure must have a special handling code of W (weight) or V (volume). The weight-to-volume conversion process must be able to determine whether to treat a unit of measure as weight or volume.