Does anyone know if this can be done in GP?
As an example, I sell products by the piece, but they get manufactered by a unit of volume of the piece (Ft3).
Thanks,
Jason
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While I am not completely certain of this it should be straightforward. Set up your inventory item with the FT3 default unit/stocking UofM and have the UofM schedule equate 3 FT = 1 FT3. Produce your item in FT3 and I think it should work.
Yes, this certainly is possible, just as the previous poster has indicated. We have a client doing just this, manufacturing at one unit of measure and then selling at a smaller unit of measure. GP supports this, so long as FT3 = qty 3 of FT.
Only note: be careful on custom reporting. You'll always want to be sure of your calculations, and factor in the Qty in base unit of measure column (QTYBSUOM, I think). Multiply that times the QTY field to get the base units being sold. In your case, the base units could be EITHER FT or FT3. I would recommend FT, because if you use FT3 then then you're going to run into rounding issues on qty conversions, since you'll always be multiplying by .33333.
Ron DraganowskiSenior Solution DeveloperOlsen Thielen Technologies, Inc.rdrag@ottechnologies.comwww.ottechnologies.com
Most people learned math using equations structured as such: "A x B = C" So would read the input screen as "eggs times twelve equals dozen". For unknown reasons, the screen is set-up as "dozen = twelve times eggs" - or "eggs equals .08333 times dozen". It is not made clear from the input screen; the explanation is two levels down in the "help" menu.
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