Stock item units of measurement
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Stock item units of measurement

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Stock item units of measurement

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Stock item units of measurement directory
Stock item unit of measurement window
Stock item unit of measurement group window
Select stock item unit of measurement window

A stock item unit of measurement is a unit used to measure volumes and quantities of stock items or goods. These units can be listed as Weight, Volume, Quantity. The unit of measurement selected for a stock item in the Stock items directory is applied by default in all store documents and operational and configurable reports.

Note

If the stock item was used in a dish sold as a menu item, the stock item unit of measurement cannot be changed by simply renaming it in the Stock items directory. In this case, it is necessary to change the unit of measurement of the stock item and edit its quantity in all documents.

Units of measurement are stored in the Stock item units of measurement directory.

The data in this directory are used to calculate on-hand amounts of stock items in store, their purchase prices, and their cost prices after inventory transactions are carried out.

Note

This directory is not linked to the Menu units of measurement directory.

The two independent directories — Stock item units of measurement and Menu units of measurement — allow you to more flexibly configure different units of measurement to be used in stock and sales control.

The relationship between menu items sold and stock items deducted is configured in the Menu directory (the Stock item panel of the Menu item window).

The user should specify a display format for each unit of measurement. This format is used to display amounts of stock items in directories, operational and configurable reports, data grids, and print layouts.

Note

The symbols '#', '0', '.' and ',' are used to specify formats. The '#' symbol means that only non-trailing zero digits will appear. The '0' symbol means that trailing zeros (zeros in the final decimal position) will also be displayed. The '.' symbol stands for the decimal point. The first decimal point determines where the integer part of the value is separated from its fractional part. All the subsequent decimal points '.' should be ignored. The ',' symbol is used to divide the integer part of the value into groups of 3 digits (orders of one thousand).

The display format also defines the accuracy to which values are rounded. For example, if the number format is #.00 kg, then 2 kg of beetroot will be displayed as beetroot 2.00 kg, while 0.5 kg of carrot will be displayed as carrot .50 kg.

See the table below for more examples:

1234

-1234

0.5

0

0

1234

-1234

1

0

0.00

1234.00

-1234.00

0.5

0.00

#.##

1234

-1234

.5

#,##0.00

1.234.00

-1.234.00

0.50

0.00

Measurement units are consolidated into independent Stock item unit of measurement groups. In the Stock item units of measurement directory, the user can enter any unit of measurement (e.g. litre, kilogramme, item, portion, pack, etc). It is recommended that you avoid giving identical names to two or more units of measurement in a single group.

Units of measurement from different groups are independent from each other. Units of measurement belonging to different groups can have identical names and different values. For example, the Box unit in the For vegetables and For drinks groups will have different capacities.

You can convert between units of measurement in the same group by using ratios.

Therefore, it is recommended that you specify a base unit of measurement in each group, e.g. kilogramme, litre, item, meter. The recalculation ratio for the base unit is equal to 1. The user can enter larger or smaller units of measurement, which are related to the base unit of measurement through a ratio other than 1. For example, millilitre, gramme, centimeter, etc.

Note

The base unit of measurement can be a fake unit, i.e. it will not be incorporated into a group. For example, a group can be composed of the unit dozen (with a ratio of 12) and the unit ten (with a ratio of 10) without there being a unit of measurement with a ratio of 1.

Recalculation of measurement units within one group allows you to apply the most suitable unit in the group to each document you create. For example, the carrot stock item is measured in kg. This unit of measurement is suitable for stock-in and stock-out records. However, it is easier to measure carrots in g for recipes.