How does DBA convert between different units of measure?
There are 2 ways to use conversion factors in DBA if the Stock unit is different from the Purchase unit of measure. If you click Help or F1 while on the Purch UM field in IN-B, you will see a list of “Smart units”. If you have one of these units as the Purch UM and something different as the Stock UM, then you enter the quantity on the PO in the Stock UM, use the “smart unit” and the extended price will take the Purch UM into account. For example, rivets purchased by the thousand (M) and stocked by each could have a Purchase Order for 10,000 UM=M, PO Price $10 and the PO extension will be $100 (10 thousands @ $10 per M). PO Receiving will place 10,000 rivets into stock @ $0.001 each. Steel bar purchased by LB and stocked by FT would have the PO entered for 100 FT @ $1.00/LB. The inventory weight field needs to be the Pounds per Foot and will be used as a conversion factor but it is invisible to the user making for a potentially confusing PO because the extended amount is not the produc
