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Manufacturing

The Dual Unit of Measure app allows you to output or consume items in weight/volume and units. The app also supports creating Production BOMs using Dual Unit of Measure items as components.

Important

This documentation assumes you have a working knowledge of Manufacturing in Business Central. If you are new to Manufacturing, we recommend that you familiarise yourself with the standard Business Central documentation, which you can find here.

Production BOMs

We have added the Units Per on the Production BOM Lines, which you can specify for Dual Unit of Measure items. This field is used to specify the number of units of the item required for each item produced.

BOM Structure

The BOM Structure page has also been extended to show the units of components when applicable.

Production Orders

We have extended the production order pages (Simulated, Planned, Firm-Planned, Released and Finished) to support Dual Unit of Measure items.

Production Order

The following fields are added to the header:

FieldPurpose
Unit of Measure - UnitsSpecifies Unit of Measure of the Units to produce.
UnitsSpecifies how many units to produce. If you enter a value here, the app will update the Quantity using the setup against the item. If you update the Quantity, the app updates this field too.
Important
  • You cannot specify units when the Source Type is Family or Sales Header.
  • The app supports Dual Unit of Measure items being part of families or copied from a sales order. When you refresh the production order, the units will be copied to the Production Order lines.

Production Order Lines

The following fields are added to the lines:

FieldPurpose
Unit of Measure - UnitsSpecifies Unit of Measure of the Units to produce.
UnitsSpecifies how many units to produce. If you enter a value here, the app will update the Quantity using the setup against the item. If you update the Quantity, the app updates this field, too.

Component Lines

The following fields are added to the component lines:

FieldPurpose
Unit of Measure - UnitsSpecifies Unit of Measure of the Units to produce.
Units PerSpecifies how many units of the component are required to produce the parent item. If you enter a value here, the app will update the Quantity per using the setup against the item. If you update the Quantity per, the app updates this field, too.
Expected UnitsSpecifies the units of the component expected to be consumed during the production of the units on this line.

Journals

We have added Units to the Production, Output and Consumption Journals. The journals will allow you to specify the units and weight/volume.

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