Where to enter measures and in what unit measure?

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For shipping/ intrastat we need weights. Where to enter those and what unit (cm, m, kg) to use if items are sold and picked per piece (PCS)?

In below screenshot: what weight dimension to be used for item (pcs) x in physical dimensions for warehouse?

Same for 'manage inventory': what to enter if purchase/ order/ inventory are pcs (pieces)?

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Fredrik Sætre 12,644 on at

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RE: Where to enter measures and in what unit measure?

I believe that there is a default setting for this in the inventory management parameters. Normally kilos.

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RE: Where to enter measures and in what unit measure?

Look at the system unit in the units table. However ultimately it is up to you and how you configure the system:

System unit

Unit of measure that is applied when a measurement or quantity is entered in fields in Microsoft Dynamics AX that are not associated with a specific unit of measure.

Say that you have a company where kg is set as the system unit. In this company, any weight measurement in the Mass unit class, such as net weight, that is entered for an inventory item is identified as kg

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RE: Where to enter measures and in what unit measure?

Hi,

I cannot find the table where system unit = true/false is set to see what is set up. Kg is empty as you see in image below. For every metric you can only set one system unit then?

I do not see the system unit in 'warehouse management parameters' and also not in 'inventory mngt parameters'. So setup is defined under organization --> units ?

We have very small parts of grammes and kilos. Can I increment the rounding so that more digits can be used to store the kg?

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RE: Where to enter measures and in what unit measure?

For every unit class you can only set one default. You need to decide how the company views weights and the users creating the records.

You cannot increment the rounding as standard.

Setup is indeed under units.

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RE: Where to enter measures and in what unit measure?

Thank you. There is no system unit set up also not a base unit. I understand those are required for proper handling of units?

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RE: Where to enter measures and in what unit measure?

technet.microsoft.com/.../hh209233.aspx

I came across of these and I believe that is required. Base unit is to automate conversions between unit class.

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RE: Where to enter measures and in what unit measure?

That depends upon your definition of proper!

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RE: Where to enter measures and in what unit measure?

'proper' is that the system reflects what users are doing and that some rule/setup is defined.

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RE: Where to enter measures and in what unit measure?

You can set it up which defines a rule. However you can set kg up as the system weight default but that does not mean the user has to enter the value in that unit

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RE: Where to enter measures and in what unit measure?

So if we choose kg with 0,00 digits we can not define mg on the items?

1 kg = 1000 g = 1.000.000 mg

0,1 kg = 100 g = 1.00.000 mg

0,01 kg = 10 g = 10.000 mg

I am worried for the intrastat. We have products in 15 kg and screws and nuts in mg. So how to fit in those for intrastat and customs?

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