You use the I/C Units of Measure screen to add the units of measure (UOMs) in which you buy, sell, price, and stock your inventory items. Units of measure can be numbers of items, dry measures, liquid measures, or multiples of stocking units. When you add an item to inventory, you choose the group of units you need for the item.
Note: If you want to restrict your system to these units of measure, choose the Only Use Defined UOM option on the Processing tab of I/C Options screen. Otherwise, you can use other units of measure with items.
You assign units of measure to particular items on the Units tab of the I/C Items screen.
One of the units of measure assigned to each inventory item is the item's stocking unit of measure. The stocking unit of measure is important in Inventory Control for the following reasons:
Note: Different items can use different stocking units.
All other units of measure for an item are based on the stocking unit of measure.