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Client has a coil of steel, that can vary in weight due to the thickness of when it was rolled. It has a + and - tolerance and can be different every time. The base unit of measure is in LBS. I have seen discussion on having to create a unique UOM to get an exact conversion. That is what we have done and everything works great on the issue of the components. The problem we are having is the receipt of the MO to create the FG. We told the MO to make 2 coils from 1 coil, when we receive the MO it wants to add 2 lbs. instead of 2* the correct UOM which in this case = 5250lbs, so it should be adding 10,500 lbs. when the order is done. This is due to the Base unit of measure for the FG item defaulting to lbs. and cannot be changes and the Qty. to Build cannot be anything other than a 1. Is there a way to change the Base unit of measure on the BOM or is there another way of handling this.

Joe

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Richard Wheeler 75,848 Moderator on at

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Can you send a screenshot of how your U/M is setup for this item.

What you should have is Base U/M = 1 which is LBS and it will create the first U/M of LBS Qty 1 Equiv is LBS

then the next line would be COIL Qty 5250 Equiv LBS

so when you tell it to use COIL it will convert the qty of COIL to 5250.

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Joe Critchlow 1,145 on at

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I am having a difficult time sending screenshots, I tried to paste it from word, and I try to add a picture, but it tells me they are too big.

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babubaskaran@outloo... 12 on at

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Hi Joe,

Can you share the screen shot of your BOM. If I understand correctly your BOM A should manufactured using component B which qty 1 but wanted to receive qty 2 when you complete the MO.

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babubaskaran@outloo... 12 on at

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Hi Joe,

Please press use rich formatting just below the typing field in order to attach the screen shot

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Redbeard 12,931 on at

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Joe,

Take a look at this blog post on assigning default UOM for various transactions in GP. It also contains a link to a good post on creating UOM schedules.

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Joe Critchlow 1,145 on at

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Here is a screenshot of the UOM Schedule, the two UOM that are called 15030212 is the 12 size and the 15030224 is the 24 size. Below that is a screenshot of the BOM

When I click on the top Item (FG) I can change that UOM and that is what is messing up the MO Receipt.

The issue is working just fine, it pulls the right amount of lbs based on the UOM schedule conversion.

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Joe Critchlow 1,145 on at

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Joe Critchlow 1,145 on at

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It just will not do the screenshots

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babubaskaran@outloo... 12 on at

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Joe,

I cant see your screen shot have you used rich formatting and insert picture using the insert button.

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