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Business Benefits

In most operations, there is a variety of Products, some of which will be measured in different ways (e.g., cases, drums, rolls, etc.). This program allows you to define these different Measuring Units for use in the system.

Note: For related documentation and workflows, see CR - Client Related.

Usage

Use this job to maintain and print Units of Charge.

These Units of Charge are referenced by program CR.22 [Storage, Handling, Other Rates] to calculate specific Charges such as Handling, Storage, and any other Special Charges that you may use.

The program also maintains an authorized list of Stockkeeping Units, (SKU's), identifying the manner in which Inventory Products are held in stock (e.g., Case, Drum, Roll, etc.).

Anytime you must charge a Client for any reason, or anytime you must identify the Unit in which Stock is kept, the Unit of Measure for that Charge or Product must be set up in this program. This program defines all Measuring Units used in the system. It tells the system how many pounds there are in a CWT, or kilograms in a TON. It identifies whether a Charge will be applied each time a situation occurs, or by how much Weight is being handled.

The file maintained by the program is vital to all Rates and Product codes; therefore you should be very careful when working with it. You must realize, when changing a record in this file, that the change will impact all records utilizing that Measuring Unit. For example, if you change the number of pounds in a Ton, all Products and Client Charge calculations using that Measuring Unit will be changed accordingly.

Multiple Stockkeeping Units:

What happens if a Product is stored in different Stockkeeping Units (SKUs)? For example, if the Product is WINE, it may be received in Cases, but what if Orders may be placed for Cases or for individual Bottles, or for a combination of Cases and Bottles?

Multiple Stockkeeping Units (MSKUs) were developed to address this situation. Program CR.10 allows the definition of MSKUs so that there is no need for two/three/four Product codes when there is really only one Product. Once the base SKU has been identified (e.g., individual Units such as Bottles), all the subsequent SKUs are expressed in relation to the previously entered SKU.

For example, the WINE Product would require:

• a base SKU of Eaches (Bottles), then
• an additional SKU for Cartons, then
• an additional SKU for Cases.

You could specify, for example,

• 12 Eaches (Bottles) in a Carton, and
• 4 Cartons in a Case.

In program CR.10, this MSKU definition (e.g., 12 units in a Carton, 4 Cartons in a Case) would then be attached to the appropriate Product. With only one Product code (e.g., 2298-WINE-RED), you can then receive/order/pick/move/ship stock using one or more of the SKUs.

MSKUs - Receiving:

For example, when receiving this WINE stock into the Warehouse, let's say there are 174 Bottles in the delivery. Using the sample numbers, this usually means there were

3 Cases (4 Cartons in a Case)
                        12 x 4 x 3 = 144 Bottles
2 Cartons (12 Bottles in a Carton)
                            12 x 2 =  24 Bottles
6 Bottles                    1 x 6 =   6 Bottles 
                             Total = 174 Bottles

On the other hand, although 174 Bottles were received, perhaps one of the (loose) Cartons was damaged (the Bottles are still shippable, but the Carton is not acceptable). In this case, the Operator can enter the Receipt as

3 Cases (4 Cartons in a Case)
                        12 x 4 x 3 = 144 Bottles
1 Carton (12 Bottles in a Carton)
                            12 x 1 =  12 Bottles
18 Bottles                  1 x 18 =  18 Bottles
                             Total = 174 Bottles

MSKUs - Shipping:

Once this WINE stock is put away, it can be ordered and picked in a similar fashion. If the Order happens to be for 144 Bottles, the system
will automatically identify

3 Cases for picking.

If the Order is for 168 Bottles, the system will identify

3 Cases and
2 Cartons for picking.

If the Order is for 174 Bottles, the system will identify

3 Cases,
2 Cartons, and
6 Bottles for picking.

If for some reason there is an unusual request (e.g., 3 Cases and 18 loose Bottles), the Operator can specify (during Order entry) the exact requirement for picking. The system knows (from the putaway) where the Cases are located, where the Cartons are located, and where the (loose) Bottles are located.

MSKUs - Adjustments:

Let's return to the example of the damaged Carton that was entered as 12 loose Bottles. Let's assume that a replacement container was found and the 12 loose Bottles re-packaged to re-create a Carton.

The change in SKU would be communicated to the computer in program OR.20 [Lots - Maintain / Adjust]. The 12 loose Bottles would be adjusted out of inventory (with a description such as "Re-packaged into Carton"). The new Carton would be added to the inventory (with a description such as "From 10 loose Bottles" and the Location where it was put away).

Preconditions

Determine the various Measuring Units that you have used for your Clients in the past. Select a meaningful code for each different Measuring Unit that you require. Client codes must be set up in program

CR.06 [Client Names and Addresses]

and Product codes in program

CR.62 [Client's Inventory Products].

Subsequent Actions

The Measuring Unit code will be assigned to each in Field 10 (Stockkeeping Unit) of program CR.62 [Client's Inventory Products]. and in Field 14 (Charge Per) of program CR.22 [Storage, Handling, Other Rates].

Program Fields and Functions

Click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself.

To review text versions of the help files associated with this job, click the options below:

	1. Measuring Units. This option allows you to set up Unit of Measure codes.
	2. Attach Multi Pack to Product This option allows you to identify which Products use the Multi Pack Sets.
	3. Multiple Stockkeeping Unit Sets If required, you may use this option to set up Clients who use multiple Stockkeeping Units for some Products. These Stockkeeping Unit Sets are then assigned to the Client/Product using the "Attach" option.