Weight Units of Measure in Inventory Control

Inventory Control also lets you set up as many weight units of measure as you need for your inventory items — such as tons, kilograms, pounds, ounces, and grams. With each unit weight that you add, you also specify the conversion factor to the default weight unit of measure, so Order Entry and Purchase orders can calculate the total weights of orders comprising goods using various weight units of measure.

Default Weight Unit of Measure

You now specify the basic or standard unit of measure that you use for measuring the weight of your inventory items — such as pounds or kilograms.

You can change the unit of measure for individual items in Inventory Control, but this setting is also used by Order Entry and Purchase Orders as the weight unit of measure for orders.

You can use the estimated total order weights to calculate the costs of shipping orders.