MEASURED AND DIMENSIONED INVENTORY (Bulk Items)

TO SELL ITEMS ORDERED IN SAME BULK AMOUNT BUT SOLD BY THE PIECE (OIL, WIRE, CABLE, HOSE ETC.)

To iden­tify this part as a bulk item an amount is entered into the MEASURE field. To use measure first determine how the item is sold and how it is purchased:

Example1 55 gal drum of oil sold by the gallon Measure = 55

Example2 100 feet of hose sold by the inch Measure = 1200

Please refer to the following video for an overview on setting up items for measure:

Think of the measure as a divider of the cost and multiplier of the quantity. In the example below notice the additional fields that appear next to the pricing and how the Net-qty is the Qty multiplied by the Measure.

For example, the half-inch hose in the above illustration was purchased by the roll and sold by the inch. There are 100 feet in this particular roll, which equates to 1200 inches per roll. Only 1 roll and .35 of another roll remain in stock so there is 1620 inches available for sale as shown in the Net-qty field. One full roll of the hose costs $55.98, which means that each inch only cost .044 cents. This is the simplest format utilizing measure, when a measured item is sold it is sold by the unit (inches in this case), while the pricing and quantities are kept accurate with minimal effort from the user. Remember, the on hand quantity should always represent how you purchase the measured item. The next section explains how to use measure to properly setup and sell dimensioned items.

D – Dimensional By Size

Dimensional items are setup with the D memo to allow measurements to be entered at the time of sale. The D memo is used for glass, sheet metal, etc., basically anything that needs a "width X length" type measurement when sold.

Here is a video to view how to setup a basic Dimensioned item:

It may also help to refer back to the section on MEASURE (Bulk Items).

The measure field combined with a D Memo will allow the user to sell dimensional items such as glass, sheets of metal or wood. The total number of units each inventory item represents is stored in the Measure field. For exam­ple, a 4-foot by 8-foot sheet of metal would be 32 square feet (or 4,608 square inches, depending on how you sell the material). The item is setup the same as a measured item with the 32 as the measure to sell the item by the foot.

When the item is sold it will prompt for the quantity and then the dimensions because of the D memo. The system will then calculate the selling based of the dimensions entered and the customers pricing level. 

Below is an example of how the dimensioned item appears on the sale.