RE:[sap-log-mm] Base Unit Of Measure for Consumer products

Posted by Sap Land Thursday 26 May 2011 13:30

Posted by rod ayers
on May 26 at 4:28 PM

the problem occurs when EA is not the smallest unit & you try to stock, ship, buy in a smaller unit. The conversion will give you some issues. SAP advice is always have the base U/M so that when you do a conversion it does not divide into a fractional amount.
base = EA, but sales unit = PC & conversion is 10 PC = 1 EA; if you sell 1 PC, you have a conversion of 1 PC = .1 EA

---------------Original Message---------------
From: Tmorizane
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 2:16 AM
Subject: Base Unit Of Measure for Consumer products

I am considering the Base Unit Of Measure of Consumer product (ex, Shampoo/Conditioner/etc..). I will set BUOM EA (each). But I found the message from this site. Please refer to the following URL. My question, why we can not set EA as Base Unit Of measure for out product?

Reference:
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<http://sap.ittoolbox.com/documents/units-of-measure-across-logistics-modules-18259>
1. ALWAYS set the base unit of measure for a material to the smallest unit that can be used. That is, don't set it as FT (foot), but set it as IN (inch). Never set EA as base unit for something that can be divided and consumed in smaller quantities.
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