Specifications

Chapter 5. Inventory
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ITEM DESCRIPTION
Field #6
The item's description can be up to 31 characters long including letters, numbers,
punctuation marks, and spaces. This description will appear on all POS
transactions (invoices, returns, quotes, orders), purchase orders, receipts,
inventory reports, item searches, and inventory file inquiries.
UNIT DESCRIPTION
Field #7
The unit description is a 2-character code, which identifies the unit of measure for
the item. Common unit descriptions are:
EA Each LB Pound
BF Board Feet BX Box
SF Square Feet RL Roll
LF Lineal Feet CT Carton
DZ Dozen CS Case
YD Yard CD Card
Unit descriptions are combined with the C or M code, which identifies pricing in
hundreds or thousands. The two combined are printed on inventory reports,
displayed on inventory file inquiry and at POS/ Order Entry and
Purchasing/Receiving, and printed on POS transactions, purchase orders, and
receipts whenever the item is shown.
If you use a conversion factor for the item, use the corresponding unit of measure.
See “Conversion Factor” below.
C OR M
Field #12
The C or M code defines how the item is priced and costed.
C = hundreds
M = thousands (rounds price up to next dollar)
Blank = neither (each item)
Combined with the unit description, it is shown whenever the item is used. For
example:
MBF thousand board feet
CLF hundred lineal feet
MSF thousand square feet
Blank Each item
Not all items will have both the unit description and the C or M code (or blank for
each).