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Stock items for which volume can be determined by weighing (with or without a container) are classified as By weight items. These stock items have the value Yes in the By weight field of the Properties panel.
The information entered in the Weight panel is used to determine the stock item volume by weighing it on scales with or without its container.
Weighing a stock item to determine its volume is often useful, for example, to measure volume or quantity of loose items in boxes, or liquids in containers. For example, when weighing the stock of vegetable oil using a measuring container, some oil remains on the walls and bottoms of both original and measuring containers. Packaging characteristics enable you to take into account the weights of the various containers that can be used to store stock items.
The relationship between weight and volume or quantity is specified in the Weight panel along with the weights of various containers.
Weight panel fields:
Density is the net quantity of the stock item expressed in preset units of measurement. This is a required field.
Unit (stock item) designates the unit of measurement for the stock item. For convenience, the name of this field is not displayed in the window. This is a required field.
Please select a unit in the window. By default, this field contains the value defined for this stock item in the directory.
Specific weight is the weight in grams of the specified quantity of the stock item (in other words, the weight per unit). The name of this field is not displayed. This is a required field.
Data grid columns:
Name indicates the name of the container type.
Description is a brief description of the container type.
Weight indicates the weight of the container type.
Default shows whether the container type is used by default.
Stock item is the name of the stock item kept in containers of various types.
The specification context menu contains the following commands:
(Ins) – adds a new container type to the stock item's specification.
(F2) – edits the selected container types.
(Del) – deletes the selected container types.
(Ctrl+P) – generates print layouts.
– menu with the commands to manage the summary functions of the data grid.
– menu with the commands to operate the data grid.
The entry window is used to add a new container type. The and editor windows are used for editing parameters of container types.
The confirm permanent deletion prompt is used when you delete container types.