Units of Measure Guidelines in Pricing

Define units of measure (UM) for the following areas of Eclipse:

Price line - Defines the pricing unit of measure. When you assign a price line to a product, the units of measure defined for that price line display in the UM column on the product record.

Product record - Defines the product units of measure used for selling, purchasing, transferring, and storing.

Product price sheet - Calculates the unit cost of a product.

We recommend using all uppercase or all lowercase letters when defining units of measure.

Because products in a price line can have varying units of measure for different selling, buying, and storage purposes, set up the price line unit of measure at the lowest level, such as each, and use it as a place holder for the default unit of measure. This setup allows you to set up each product unit of measure with the detail needed for all transactions.

The following table describes the different areas in Eclipse pricing where units of measure are used, where they are set up, and their purpose.

Unit of Measure (UM)

Eclipse window

Field and Entry

Purpose

Physical UM

Price Line Maintenance

Enter ea in the UoM Desc field as the default unit of measure.

Enter an asterisk in each row for the default unit of measure for each transaction type:

S (Sales Orders)
P (Purchase Orders)
T (Transfer Orders)
A (Inventory Adjustments)
I (Inquiry/Inventory)

Used as a default for the units of measure. These entries display on the Product Maintenance window when you assign a price line to the product. You can override these settings for each product.

Product UM

Product Maintenance

In the UoM Desc field, enter all of the units of measure you use for storing, selling, and buying the product.

If you change a Product UM, you must also change the Pricing UM.

In the Quant field, enter the quantity for the unit of measure. The quantity for the lowest unit of measure must be 1.

Enter an asterisk in each row for the default unit of measure for each transaction type:

S (Sales Orders)
P (Purchase Orders)
T (Transfer Orders)
A (Inventory Adjustments)
I (Inquiry/Inventory)

Used to set up units of measure for products.

Set up quantities for each unit of measure for various transaction types.

Important: Do not change the quantity on the lowest unit of measure to be anything other than 1. This causes serious quantity and pricing or costing errors on all history, on-hands, and open orders.

Pricing UM

Product Price Sheet Maintenance

Per UM and Per Qty are read-only. These fields are calculated from the Physical UM and Product UM.

Enter the unit of measure and quantity in the UM/Per Qty field for the price sheet to calculate the price, per unit of measure and per quantity of a different unit of measure.

Click here for more information about determining the Price Per.

Used to calculate the unit cost of a product.

Per UM displays the unit of measure used to price the product. For example, per each, per box, per case, per c (hundred), per m (thousand), and so forth.

There is no connection between the value assigned in the Per UM field and any of the values defined as units of measure for the Product UM.

Per Qty displays the number of units contained in the unit of measure entered in the Per UM field. For example, if the Per UM is box, the Per Qty might be 4 per box.

This value also displays in order entry's View Pricing view in the UM column to inform the salesperson how the unit price was determined.