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About Measures
Measures are used when a particular item is purchased, sold, and maintained in differing quantities. You can set up a code for each unit of measure and assign the codes to inventory items accordingly. Certain business models will tend to buy goods in quantity and sell in another (e.g. buy in gross, sell in dozen; buy in cases sell in six packs, etc.) especially when dealing with large quantities. The codes will also print on select transactions, to clarify the quantity purchased, sold, or transferred.
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Field by Field Help - Unit of Measure screen
Q & A - Units of Measure
Related Topics
2.7 How to Use Lists
9.1 Supertrack Inventory
Field by Field Help - Unit of Measure screen
General
Measure Code
Enter a unique alphanumeric code for this new unit of measure. This code will print after the quantity on the document.
Description
Enter a description for this unit of measure.
Unit Quantity
Enter the Quantity that this unit should represent. This number will be multiplied by the quantity on the transaction to determine the actual units.
 | For example, assume you sell gold chains by the inch, but buy it by the yard. You could then create a unit of measure YD for yard and assign it a unit quantity of 36. (36 inches = 1 yard) You can then create another unit of measure IN for inch and assign it a unit quantity of 1. When creating the SKU for the gold chain, the purchase unit of measure would be YD, and the sale unit of measure would be IN.
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| Then, if you were to receive 6 yards of gold chain, you can create a purchase receipt, use the SKU you created, and enter a quantity of 6. After finishing the purchase receipt, if you look at the SKU, the quantity on hand will read 216 (6 yards × 36 inches per yard = 216 inches).
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 | Some examples of Units of measure include: Hours, minutes, inches, feet, yards, pints, quarts, gallons, ounces, pounds, tons, each, six-pack, case, dozen, gross, pieces, square feet, square yards, etc.
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Q & A - Units of Measure
| Q01. | Do I have to use units of measure for my supertrack inventory items?
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| A01. | No, units of measure are strictly optional. This feature is simply meant to help those business models that have items that they buy in different quantities than they sell them in.
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| Q02. | What if I have two different unit quantities for one unit of measure?
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| A02. | Each unit of measure can contain one unit quantity. So if, for example, you need foot to have a unit quantity of 12 for one reason and 1 for another, you will need to make two different units of measure for the two scenarios, using two different measure codes.
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Q03. I don't see my question here. Where else can I get information?
| A03. | Visit our website's Technical Support section.
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