Re: RAW MATERIAL BAR STOCK

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Chick,
>From the LS Starrett catalog:  Engineer`s Tape 1/2" x 10`
Tape has Tru-Lok® design features. Top edge of the tape line is graduated in
consecutive inches and 16ths, bottom edge in 10ths of a foot and 100ths of a
foot.
Regards, Larry


In a message dated 3/21/2002 5:54:48 PM Central Standard Time,
Cdoe@barton-instruments.com writes:


> we purchase quite a bit of raw material (bar stock). our stocking unit of
> measure is linear feet. BPCS wants all transaction qtys to be to three
> decimal positions. but the tape measures are in feet and inches. so if we
> want to transact a bar that measures 3 feet 7 inches, what should we enter
> into BPCS as the qty? if i convert to feet with decimal positions i get
> 3.583333 feet. we could do this conversion (i'd like to think that our
> material movers can do this).
> but what do we enter if it is 7 bars each 3 feet 7 inches? to do this is it
> 25.08333 feet?
>
> to make this conversion easier, has anybody ever seen a tape measure that
> was measures in feet and decimal portions of a foot. in other words, a tape
> measure that we could read 3.58 feet directly from the tape measure?
>
> chick doe
> barton instrument systems
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