The Unit Set to be applied for the material class is determined using the Units tab of the Material Class. 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, grams, kg or ton. A Unit Set is assigned to each material class. The Unit Set Definition is used to record the Main Unit and as many sub-units as necessary. The conversion coefficient 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 class is selected using the Units tab of the material class cards. 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 class or 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:
- When the selected Unit Set type is not User Defined, the user is warned.
- Only one Unit Set can be connected to each material class.
- 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 cannot be used in any other Material or Service card.
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Dimensions: The unit dimensions to be applied for the material class 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 class is different, the actual dimension information is entered into the relevant fields.