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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To use conversion factors</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Conversion factors</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>Use <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#ConverFactor.td" role="glossary">conversion factors</Link> to define the ratio between alternative units and the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#BaseUnit.ti" role="glossary">base units</Link>. To convert a unit to the base unit, SSA ERP multiplies the alternative unit by its conversion factor.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>You calculate the conversion factor as follows:</Paragraph>
		<Formula><Paragraph UserLevel="Novice" UserType="Taskuser">alternative unit
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base unit </Paragraph>
		</Formula>
		<ExampleSection><SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>The base unit is one meter.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>The alternative unit is 1 inch (that is 2.54 centimeters).</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>You define the conversion factor from inch to meters as 2.54/100 = 0.0254.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>If ten inch occurs in a calculation, SSA ERP calculates that ten inch is 10 x 0.0254 = 0.254 meters.</Paragraph>
		</ExampleSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Calculations on quantities</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro>SSA ERP carries out calculations in the company's base units. Before calculating quantities of items, SSA ERP first:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Converts quantities of the item that are expressed in alternative units to the item's base/inventory unit.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Converts the resulting quantity of the item's base/inventory unit to the company's base unit of the same physical type.</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000017" role="manual">Examples of conversion factors</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000016" role="manual">To define units</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000011" role="manual">Units</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
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