All items in Manu Online have an internal unit of measure which is set in the item card. Stock quantities and all transactions in the system are in that unit of measure. However the original manufacturer of the item may use a different unit of measure either because they sell in multiple item packs or they use a different unit of measure from what is needed internally such as selling in tons but stocking in kilograms. For these situations, set a manufacturer's code with their own unit of measure. For clarity, purchase orders will show both unit of measures in PO line. The supplier's data can also include other data such as the OEM part number.
OEM suppliers
Manufacturer's data might come from a separate supplier than the manufacturer of the item. If the item is using the supplier's product information, first mark the partner as an OEM manufacturer.
On the partner card, Relationships tab click the check box for "Company is an OEM manufacturer".
For distributors and resellers, mark the correct relationship between the two partners on the same tab.
Enter manufacturer's data
Go to Item - Manufacturer codes. Select manufacturer or OEM supplier, add part number, pieces per package and select supplier unit of measure. If you can't see the appropriate unit of measure in the list, add it in system settings. Add the conversion to unit scaling. This value is used to calculate the purchased qty in supplier unit of measure by dividing the quantity with this value. Like in the clip below 100pcs purchased qty shows 1 box (100/100) in purchase order. Comments are for notes and in status you can mark certain manufacturer code obsolete etc. Preferred supplier is used as default in manual PO creation.
Using this on a purchase order during manual PO creation.
Use add lines-function to add lines to your PO like in the clip below or add your line by selecting the item from item pop up.
When creating a purchase order, the PO line qty is in the default unit of measure. Supplier code and package size are shown in Purchase order line details.
In the purchase order report, the data is shown with both unit of measures. The quantity in line is in company default unit of measure and below in supplier unit of measure (in brackets).
Bulk creation of purchase orders (license required)
The Purchase Planner which creates purchase orders in bulk also uses this information. It looks at the "Preferred" check box on both the item manufacturing data and the partner's relationship data to find the correct supplier for the item based on demand and also enter the correct manufacturer part numbers and units of measure.
When using the Purchase Planner, demand for any items that the system can not find all the data will be added to a single purchase order without the supplier selected. Edit this order to get the purchase order as needed, or then fix the item data and run the purchase planner again.