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   <Header>
      <Title>Calculating net quantity</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2414116">
         <Level1>Net quantity</Level1>
         <Level2>calculating</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2414121">
         <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="option">Length</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/tccu#area" role="option">Area (m2)</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="manual">Length</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cst/ticst0101m000#ticst001.widt" role="manual">Width</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cst/ticst0101m000#ticst001.noun" role="manual">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="option">Length</GUIRef>:
		Net quantity = length x number of units</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>If the physical quantity
		is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/tccu#area" role="option">Area (m2)</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="option">Length</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/tccu#area" role="option">Area (m2)</GUIRef>:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>The unit specified in
		  the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/bom/tibom0100m000#tibom000.buom" role="manual">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> ERP Enterprise displays the
		  result of the calculation in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cst/ticst0101m000#ticst001.qune" role="manual">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> ERP Enterprise displays the
		result of the above calculation in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cst/ticst0101m000#ticst001.qune" role="manual">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>
</ManualTopic>