At 14:20 2016-12-20, Sytze de Boer <[email protected]> wrote:
In my accounting/invoicing system, clients create product items.

Let's say you sell Apples
You can sell
single apples
apples in a carton (e.g. 25 apples per carton)
cartons of apples on a pallet (e.g. 50 cartons per pallets)

I would like to know how YOU handle the Quantity management.

     Not me, but how I have observed others do it ...

Do you create 3 different stock items or do you force people to enter 2
factors at invoice time. Qty and Factor, where factor can be (say) Single,
Carton or Pallet.

Different stock items is what I see. (Because of trouble finding work, I do inventory counting part-time.) Some stores sell products both by the each and the case. They have separate UPC codes.

What can be a mess from a counter's point of view is when a pallet contains more than product. Some pallets have one or more display units with multiple item codes in it, and it might not be obvious at first.

When you *see* your product profile,
do you see 1125 apples, X cartons and Y pallets and Z singles?

I do not see that part of their systems. It could go either way. I suspect that they would be treated separately. The people who work a stock area will know the products they deal with. (By area, I mean a subset of the stock, such as snacks, household goods, or pop/water).

I hope I've explained this satisfactorily.
If its NF, please forgive me.

     It is, but it is relevant.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko


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