The Unit Set to be applied for the material class is determined using the Units tab of the Material. Each material can have more than one unit depending on its physical properties or various package types. For instance, the transactions of a material can be based on various units such as quantity, box, parcel, or length or weight units such as cm, m, dm or gr, kg, ton as well. A Unit Set is assigned to each material in the LOGO application. The Unit Set Definition is used to record the Main Unit and as many sub-units as necessary. The conversion factor between the sub-units and the Main Unit identifies the usage priorities of the units.
The Unit Set Definitions are recorded using the Unit Sets option located under the Main Records menu. The Unit Set to be used by the material is selected using the Units tab of the Material card. A Unit Set is defined as default in the application and such default value is transferred into the cards. If a different Unit Set will be used, new Unit Sets must be defined. Each material class can use a single Unit Set. The information recorded in the Units tab:
Code: The Unit Set Code to be applied for the material. The appropriate Unit Code is entered into the Code field or a selection is made by accessing the Unit Sets list by clicking on "..." icon. The Unit Set can only be selected from among user defined Unit Sets. The points to consider for Unit Set selection are:
- Only one Unit Set can be connected to each material.
- Once the Unit Set definitions selected as Specific for Material/Service in the Usage Criteria field are used in a Material or Service card, they can not be used in any other Material or Service. If attempted to be used in any other card, a warning is displayed and the selection is blocked.
- For Mixed Case Materials, only the Unit Sets with one unit can be selected.
Description: The name or description of the Unit Set to be applied for the material class. When the Unit Set Code selection is made, the Unit Description is automatically entered into this field. The Unit Sets can also be listed and selected on this field by clicking on "..." icon.
Conversion Factors: This field is used to determine the conversion factors for units other than the Main Unit. The factors specified in the selected Unit Set definition are displayed as default. If the Main Unit factor is different for the material, it can be changed.
Valid in E-Business Environment: Indicates that the unit is valid in e-business environments.
Valid in Points of Sale: Indicates that the unit is valid in points of sale.
Divisible: Indicates if the unit is divisible or not. The divisible units are defined by unit set cards. If the unit used in material card is divisible, the decimal digits can be used when defining a barcode for the unit; the material quantity to be transferred to the slips can be defined by decimal digits.
Barcode: It is the barcode information of the selected unit. Unlimited number of barcodes can be recorded for each unit in unit set. Same barcode cannot be used for a different material or for same material again.
Usage Point: The usage point of units other than the Main Unit is specified using this option. The selections made at the Unit Set Definition are displayed as default; however, the usage points of the material can be changed if necessary.
Priority: This field is used to record the usage priorities of the defined units within the Unit Set. The usage priority for any definition included in the Unit Set is entered after selecting the relevant line. When Material is selected in the material slips, purchase and sales slips and invoice lines, the relevant unit is displayed in the unit field as default according to the priority information entered here. The priorities can be changed if necessary.
Dimensions: The unit dimensions to be applied for the material are recorded using the Width, Length, Height, Area, Volume and Weight information. The dimensions specified for each unit in the Unit Set definition are displayed as default in the relevant fields. If the dimension information of the material is different, the actual dimension information is entered into the relevant fields.
The dimension info of the material in dispatch and invoice lines are displayed by "Dimension Totals" option that located in the F9/right mouse button menu of the slip/invoice.
Attention: Unit sets cannot be selected for the materials with mixed case type containing more than one unit.
The unit set whose usage criteria is "Specific For Material/Service" and already used in a material/service cannot be selected for another material/service.