Here's how SKUSavvy uses units of measure to simplify the process of managing inventory across units and salable quantities.
SKUSavvy no longer supports units of measure in favor of step counts during purchasing, as well as kitting being used as the conversion mechanism which offers a cleaner way to convert stock
If you're wondering what the heck is a unit of measure is you're probably not alone so let's take a minute to define this. Simply put a unit of measure holds a conversion factor that this product can be bought or sold in related to the base single unit. So, we might have a water bottle that we sell to consumers as a single unit. However, when we purchase the water bottle we buy a pallet with 100 watter bottle, which is made up of 10 cases of 10 bottles each. As you can see, to be an effective inventory management system each of these unit types should be dealt with. We might buy the water bottle by the pallet and sell by the case and single quantities, and when we sell a case, we need to decrement the total quantity of singles that are available to sell. All these scenarios are tackled with unit of measures on products within SKUSavvy.
Within SKUSavvy you'll find unit of measure used in any place where the variant selection also has an available alternative unit. Below is a complete list of places you'll be able to select a unit of measure from:
Within the product variant
When creating product variant barcodes
During the pairing of vendor/product relationships
During the purchase order creation
During the inbound check-in of inventory
Within inventory records for a warehouse
During picking for which quantity ordered equals a larger unit
During the creation of a transfer
On the receiving or picking side of a transfer
During the creation of a kit
When assigning a lot number to an inbound item
During a cycle count
NOTE: you cannot place an outbound order for a larger unit size since this is not currently allowed by Shopify standards. Instead you would need to make the unit size as a separate variant instead.