You can access the Units of Measure setting in the Control Panel to add and manage units of measure.
Units of measure can be used for products in your catalog that are bought in different units than they are sold in. This is useful for creating purchase orders and ensuring accurate quantities are calculated. This field does not exist within projects.
To access the Units of Measure setting, click the following icon.
This will open the following form.
Add and Manage Units of Measure
To add a unit of measure:
1/ Click New.
2/ Add a name for the unit of measure.
3/ Click Save.
If you want to mark a unit of measure as inactive, select it, click the Edit icon, and then select the Uom is inactive option. The unit of measure will no longer be shown in the catalog.
Units of Measure in Catalog
You can assign the relevant unit of measure and set the appropriate number of units for products in your catalog.
In the example below, you buy speakers in pairs but sell them as singles.
This method is recommended in SI if you use the drawing functionality in Visio or AutoCAD. This way, you will get a unique shape (and Component ID) for each speaker.
Also, bulk wire is another example of something we recommend you sell by the foot, but you buy it on spools of a certain length.
SI does the math for you when generating purchase orders so that you can order the appropriate quantity. This also applies to QuickBooks purchase orders.