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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Calculating net quantity</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Net quantity</Level1>
			<Level2>calculating</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Number of units</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><List><ListIntro>If the inventory unit of the material has the physical quantity <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/tccu#length" role="enum">Length</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/tccu#area" role="enum">Area</GUIRef>, you can calculate the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000056" role="glossary">net quantity</Link> from the fields:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cst/ticst0101m000#ticst001.leng" role="formfield">Length</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cst/ticst0101m000#ticst001.widt" role="formfield">Width</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cst/ticst0101m000#ticst001.noun" role="formfield">Number of Units</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>You calculate the net quantity according to one of the following formulas:</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>If the physical quantity is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/tccu#length" role="enum">Length</GUIRef>: Net quantity = length x number of units</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>If the physical quantity is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/tccu#area" role="enum">Area</GUIRef>: Net quantity = length x width x number of units</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>If desired, you can overwrite the calculated net quantity with a different value.</Paragraph>
		<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>The physical quantity of a unit is displayed in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0101m000" role="session">Units (tcmcs0101m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
		</Note>
		<List><ListIntro>Conversion factors must exist which allow conversion of the following units to the base units of the physical quantities <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/tccu#length" role="enum">Length</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/tccu#area" role="enum">Area</GUIRef>:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>The unit specified in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/bom/tibom0100m000#tibom000.buom" role="formfield">BOM Unit of Measure</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/bom/tibom0100m000" role="session">Bill of Material Parameters (tibom0100m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The inventory unit of the item.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<ExampleSection><SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro>Five pieces of 20 inch wire are used in a product.</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Length: 20 inches</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Number of units: 5</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The result of the calculation is: 100 inches (= 20x5)</ListItem>
			</List>
			<Paragraph>SSA ERP displays the result of the calculation in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cst/ticst0101m000#ticst001.qune" role="formfield">Net Quantity</GUIRef> field.</Paragraph>
		</ExampleSection>
		<List><ListItem>Length : 10 cm</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Width : 5 cm</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Number of units : 5</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The result of the calculation is: 250 cm2 (= 10x5x5)</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>SSA ERP displays the result of the above calculation in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cst/ticst0101m000#ticst001.qune" role="formfield">Net Quantity</GUIRef> field.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000014" role="manual">To use conversion factors</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
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