Re: Multiple Units of measure for one item

[<fberger@xxxxxxx>]

Lisa,
You are absolutely right, we don't have problems selling in different units of 
measure, our challenge is to manage different U/M at the manufacturing level 
and internal distribution level. We are at version 6.04 mixed mode.
What I am prototyping now is to use the customer X-ref table and transfer goods 
using internal resupply orders. I defined an internal customer number for our 
Canadian facility, then created a resupply order in ORD. DRP is also useful for 
regularly stocked items that need to be shipped to the remote site. The X-ref 
table contains the item in LB and its counterpart in KG. I need to be able to 
receive the item at the remote facility in its local stocking U/M (KG) even 
though the order was placed for an item manufactured in LB.
Thanks for your help

Fred Berger


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> From: Lisa.Abney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: 2003/07/30 Wed PM 09:56:56 EDT
> To: "SSA's BPCS ERP System" <bpcs-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Multiple Units of measure for one item
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> Fred ...
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> All the answers I'm reading to your question seem to be pointing to selling
> unit of measure, or using the unit of measure conversion file, but, if I
> understand your original question correctly, don't you want a different
> stocking unit of measure for each warehouse?  That seems to be much more of
> a difficulty!  You didn't mention what version you are on, but we have the
> same issues in 4.05, and haven't found an easy solution.  When I read your
> question, I was hoping to hear that some magic answer from someone else!
> Do you move the product from US to Canada using DRP, or do you enter
> regular customer orders and purchase orders?  (Our experience in doing the
> same thing has been that customs does not like us shipping things across
> the border without an invoice, so we have had to use the latter method.)
> If it's a regular customer order, have you tried using a customer cross
> reference number, thereby allowing you to have the same item with two
> different item numbers (and stocking units) at the two facilities?
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> Lisa Abney
> Sensient Flavors
> Indianapolis, IN