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 Dimensions and Units of Measurement

You use dimensionsto group units of measurement. You need units of measurement to display product quantities, for example, in interactive planning, for consolidation, and for the order split. Furthermore, you need dimensions and units of measurement to describe the capacity of vehicle resources .

Prerequisites

  • You have defined the following in the product master data:

    • Base unit of measure(BUoM)

    • Conversion factors

      Note Note

      You need conversion factors to convert the base units of measure into the required units of measurement. You define these in the product master on the Units of Measure tab page.

      If you have not defined a conversion factor, the system cannot take into account split quantities or rounding quantities when orders are split based on freight units , for example. In this case, it sets the quantities to zero.

      If you use characteristics, you do not have to define conversion factors. In this case, the system uses the characteristic value as the quantity.

      End of the note.

  • You have optionally defined your own units of measurement for the dimensions weight and volume in Customizing for the Transportation Planning/Vehicle Scheduling (TP/VS) component under Start of the navigation path Basic Settings Next navigation step Basic Settings for Vehicle Scheduling End of the navigation path .

Use

In the split rule , you define the dimensions and units of measurement that you want to use in TP/VS . The dimensions weight (with the default unit of measurement kilogram ) and volume (with the default unit of measurement cubic decimeter ) are predefined as default. You can define up to eight additional dimensions. We recommend that you restrict the number of defined dimensions for performance reasons.

Example

The following units of measurement are predefined as default:

  • Kilogram (dimension weight )

  • Cubic decimeter (dimension volume )

You also define the following unit of measurement:

  • Pallet (no dimension)

Your sales order contains product A and product B each of which have the quantity "1 piece". You have defined piece as the base unit of measure (BUoM) for both products.

You have defined the following conversion factors for product A:

  • 1 piece = 2 kg

  • 1 piece = 3 dm 3

You have defined the following conversion factor for product B:

  • 1 piece = 0.5 pal

In this case, product A is displayed in the planning view with quantity 2 kg or 3dm 3 . In the unit of measurement pallet , the quantity 0 is displayed because you have not defined a conversion factor.

Product B is displayed with the quantity 0.5 pal. Since you have not defined conversion factors for kilogram or cubic decimeter , no conversion occurs. This system displays the value 0.