Quick Guide

1. Enter the setups (enable dual units of measurement and choose round accuracy to be used in calculations)
2. Create sales and purchase documents using the dual unit of measurement
3. Upon registration the information on the quantities in double units will be inherited
4. Analyze item accounting entries that show the secondary quantity, the secondary invoiced quantity, and the secondary remaining quantity

Introduction

The Eos Solutions Dual Unit of Measure (DUM) app allows to:

• Document management and entry posting in double unit of measure

• Item tracking and inventory in double unit of measure

• Invoicing both in the active and passive cycle with price lists linked to the second unit of measure

There are market sectors, for example food or jewelry, where products are shipped and received in pieces, but companies then need to invoice them with a different unit of measurement (eg Kg / carats). 

Thanks to the Dual Unit of Measure app, on the order lines, we find the usual fields "Quantity" and "Unit of Measure Code" and, in addition to these, there are the fields "Secondary Quantity" and "Secondary Unit of Measure Code" in which you can specify the second unit of measurement. 

 

Subscription
Some features of the Dual Unit of Measure (DUM) app require a subscription. The subscription can be activated from the SUBSCRIPTION CONTROL PANEL or directly from the notification messages that the system proposes, by clicking on the link that allows you to start the subscription wizard. See Eos Solutions website for more details.

 

Included features

N.B.

some apps/features only work with the main unit of measure:

• Over- and Under-Delivery Quantities (OVR)

• Costing

• Reservation

• MRP

Dual Unit of Measure (DUM) - SUMMARY

Press ALT + Q and digit "DUM" for a list of the features involved:

 

Setup

On the Setup page you can enable the management of the double unit of measure and choose some options:

Field	Description
Enable Dual Unit of Measure	allows you to enable the DUM app for the Company
Suggest Sec. Qty. to Handle	you can choose to have the system suggest the secondary quantity
Sales Price Rounding Precision	allows you to define how many decimals round the prices in the active cycle
Purch. Price Rounding Precision	allows you to define how many decimals round prices in the passive cycle

Unit of Measure

The Units of Measurement page defines the Rounding Type and Round Precision used in calculations between quantities and Units of Measure

Items

On the Item Card there is the field Secondary Unit of Measure Code that specifies the second unit of measure for the item considered. It is not mandatory to enter a value. If the field is not filled in, the second unit of measurement will not be handled.  

Once the article has been moved, it will no longer be possible to change the unit of measure (both basic and secondary).

In Item Units of Measure we can see all the units of measurement set for the product. For example,:

for this item the main unit of measurement is PZ. Each piece weighs 2.5 Kg and contains 10 pieces in one box.

 

On the Item Card you need to enter the Secondary Unit of Measure Code and its Secondary Quantity Calculation Method.

Secondary Qty. Calc. Method

The allowed values are:

Field	Option
Default	It allows the insertion of both units of measure, but performs the calculation only if the other quantity is different from zero
Fixed	Always converts between quantities
No Default	No conversion between quantities

Quantity Calc. Method

The allowed values are:

Field	Option
Quantity per Unit of Measure	For the calculation between the primary and secondary units of measurement, the system uses the standard Quantity field per unit of measurement (Divsion)
Reverse Quantity per Unit Of Measure	For the calculation between the primary and secondary units of measurement, the system uses the field Reverse Quantity per Unit Of Measure (Multiplication)

N.B. The Reverse Quantity is used only for internal calculations between primary and secondary units of measure

Documents

In all documents lines there are two fields Secondary Quantity and Secondary Unit Of Measure Code (the second one is not editable and it is copied from the Item Card).

Secondary quantity is editable and is in any case calculated automatically based on the settings on the Item Card (Secondary Qty. Calc. Method).

All the fields relating to the quantities to be shipped / received, invoiced and outstanding are also provided.

Other fields on the lines:

Field	Description
Price Calc. Method	Copied from Item and manually editable
Price Unit of Measure Code	Calculated automatically based on the Secondary Qty. Calc. Method and not editable
Calc. Unit Price Excl. VAT.	Unit price calculated from the price lists and editable manually

Item Tracking

Item Tracking is provided for all documents.

Warehouse Receipts and Shipments

Warehouse receipts and shipments have been implemented with the management of the second unit of measure.

Invoicing

All invoicing functions, both sales and purchases, have been implemented with the management of the second units of measure. Specifically for sales:

• Get Shipment Lines

• Combine Shipments

• Extended Combine Shipments