Unit of Measure

On the Purchase Order Receiving form, the unit of measure displays. This field's default value is from the unit of measure on the Purchase Order Lines form and can be overwritten.

A different unit of measure can be entered for either receiving or returning transactions if the following conditions are met:

• The entered unit of measure is defined on the Unit of Measure Codes form.
• There is a valid Unit of Measure Conversion defined between the base unit of measure and unit of measure used on the PO Line/Release. In addition to this, there must also be a valid Unit of Measure Conversion defined between the base unit of measure and unit of measure used for the receiving or returning transaction.
• For non-inventoried items there must be a valid Unit of Measure Conversion between the PO Line/Release and the Receiving Unit of Measure.
• The Item Cost is displayed in the Receiving Unit of Measure.

EXAMPLE: The bicycle FA-10000 may be produced and listed on the Items form with a U/M of each. The PO Line/Release was entered with a U/M of box. However, you might need to receive the bicycles in cartons. In this case, you could change the U/M when receiving to ctn. The U/M for the bicycle FA-10000 will remain as each on the Items form, but each bicycle will be received in ctn.