UOM
Here's how SKUSavvy uses units of measure to simplify the process of managing inventory across units and salable quantities.
What are Units of Measure (UOM)?
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.
Setup UOM on a Product
The first step in adding units is to create the unit relationships on every product variant containing a different unit type than the base single unit. Start by selecting the product you wan to add the unit to.Select a Product From Your Catalog
Product
Then, select a variant of that product. Each unit of measure is held on the variant of an item. If the product is a single item there will be a default variant created to reflect this the same way Shopify handles this.
Product > Variants
Once you've selected a variant to enter the unit of measure for scroll down until you see the 'Units of Measure' section and click 'Add Unit'
1) Select the variant properties
2) Scroll down and select 'Add UOM'
3) Enter the name of the unit (Single unit is not requied since this is always the base unit)
4) Enter the number of single units this larger unit contains
5) Save your new UOM
You can enter as many UOM as needed
Product > Variants > Variant Properties
Add Barcodes to a UOM
Once you've added a new UOM to a product variant, you can add a barcode to the variant and assign a unit to that barcode.
Product > Variants > Variant Properties
Where are UOM used?
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.