At 14:20 2016-12-20, Sytze de Boer <sytze.kiss@gmail.com> 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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