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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To use unit sets</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Unit sets</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Base/inventory unit</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Inventory unit</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>You usually want to express quantities of an item in different units for different purposes. For example, you can produce an item by volume, store it by pallets, and sell and invoice it by kilograms. You usually manage manufacturing tools by the piece.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>You use <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#UnitSet.tc" role="glossary">unit sets</Link> to specify the units that are used for each <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">item</Link>. You must also define unit sets for:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Engineering items</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Subcontracting item</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Equipment</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Tools</ListItem>
		</List>
		<List><ListIntro>You can link a unit set to:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Items</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000007" role="glossary">Item groups</Link>
			</ListItem>
		</List>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Inventory unit</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>For each item or item group you must specify the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000337" role="glossary">inventory unit</Link>. The inventory unit must be included in the item's unit set. It does not need to be one of the base units of the company.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<ExampleSection><Paragraph>Example</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>You can define 1 kilogram as the base unit of weight and use an alternative unit of 100 kilogram as the inventory unit of an item.</Paragraph>
		</ExampleSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Item dependent conversion factors</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>For each unit of the unit set you must specify the <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#ConverFactor.td" role="glossary">conversion factor</Link> to the inventory unit of the item or item group to which you have linked the unit set.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000011" role="manual">Units</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000014" role="manual">To use conversion factors</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000015" role="manual">General and item dependent conversion factors</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000016" role="manual">To define units</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>
