Units of measure: each, case, inner pack, pallet

Elements

The pieces this function usually contains in a large organisation:

• Conversion tables per item
• Sell and buy UoM
• Rounding and minimums

Catalog items that already cover part of it

• Pack-size mapping (case to unit) CONN?-0108
• Truck stock unit conversions (crate/pack/unit) CONN-0022
• Units & measures defaults SET-0040
• Purchase UoM vs sale UoM INV-0026

Classification

Status

Present in catalog

Fit

Core candidate

Suggested module

INV: Inventory, Products & Purchasing

Suggested attributes

Lite and Pro; priority Standard; always offline. Starting points only.

Cluster

Distribution, supply chain and wholesale

Public excerpts

domain analysis

Archetypes and companies

Foodservice and broadline wholesale distribution; Supermarket and grocery chains; Big-box, warehouse club and mass merchants; Consumer-goods makers and bottlers; Healthcare and pharmaceutical distribution.

Example companies in these archetypes: Sysco, US Foods, Performance Food Group, McLane, Core-Mark, C&S Wholesale, Kroger, Albertsons, Publix, Ahold Delhaize USA, H-E-B, Whole Foods Market. These come from general knowledge unless a source code is shown on the archetype page; it is not a statement that each company runs every element, and it implies no relationship.

Closest industry pages

• Wholesale food and grocery
• Wholesale: diversified, building and industrial supplies
• Wholesale electronics, office and technology distribution
• Grocery and supermarkets
• General merchandise and big-box stores
• Household and personal products
• Beverages, brewing and bottling
• Food production and processing
• Health care wholesale and distribution
• Medical products, supplies and devices

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Status is a hand review against catalog names and descriptions and can be wrong. See the method.