Batch-Specific Material Units of Measure

Definition

Alternative units of a material for which the conversion ratio to the base unit of measure can be defined on a batch-specific basis.

Batch-specific material units of measure are:

Units of measure in which you can enter proportions of the base unit of a material. The total quantity or physical quantity may be made up of several proportions.

For example, 100 milliliters of a particular batch of fruit juice contain 30.0 milligrams of vitamin C and 10.5 grams of sugar, as well as the fruit juice proportion.

Unit of measure that describes the total quantity of a material as an alternative to the base unit of measure.

For example, a piece in a particular batch weighs 10 kilograms in total or a pipe is 1250 millimeters long.

Use

You use batch-specific units of measure when the conversion ratio for the unit of measure to the base unit of measure varies for different batches of a material.

Structure

Proportion units and product units are defined for a material.

While the conversion ratio for alternative units of measure to base units of measure is predetermined in the material, for proportion units and product units you have to define:

Integration

Proportion and product units for materials that are managed in batches can be used in all processes throughout the Logistics chain.

If the batch is not yet known, the system uses the planned conversion ratio from the material to convert to the base unit of measure. Once the batch is known, the system uses the actual conversion factor from the batch.