The following steps will explain in detail how to add a new Inventory Unit Measure.
1.From the Main Menu, click on Inventory Control, then Inventory Units of Measure. If you need to add new inventory items see the Adding Inventory Item topic. Click the New button to move your cursor to the next empty line of the form. The cursor will be flashing in the Unit Measure field.
2.You must enter a unique Unit Measure for each inventory item. This will be the name you see throughout the program when selecting which unit measure to use for a inventory item. When you have finished entering data for each field, press the TAB or ENTER key to move your cursor to the next field.
3.The Quantity field is used to enter the number of the selected inventory items it takes to make up the unit measure. For instance if you want to create a unit measure called '5 Pack' and it requires 5 of the selected inventory items to make the '5 Pack' then enter 5 in the Unit Quantity field. Every time you sell this inventory item using the '5 Pack' unit measure VisionCore will use 5 of the selected inventory items and also charge 5 times the normal sales price for that item. You can customize how you want unit measures with a unit quantity over 1 to be priced by using the Inventory Pricing Level or Inventory Special Pricing forms for the selected inventory item.
4.The Weight field is used to enter the total weight of the selected unit measure. This weight will be used on all the sales and service transactions and total as you add line items to those transactions. Then every time you print and invoice or order the grand total weight will be printed so you know how heavy the total order is. This is an optional field.
5.The Volume field is used to enter the volume of the selected unit measure. This volume will be used on all the sales and service transactions and total as you add line items to those transactions. Then every time you print and invoice or order the grand total volume will be printed so you know how large the total order is. This is an optional field.